diffusio

== Latin == === Etymology === diffūsus, perfect passive participle of diffundō +‎ -tiō === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [dɪfˈfuː.si.oː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [difˈfuː.s̬i.o] === Noun === diffūsiō f (genitive diffūsiōnis); third declension spreading out, increase in extent or breadth cheerfulness ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== diffūsīvus ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: difusió → English: diffusion → French: diffusion → German: Diffusion → Italian: diffusione → Portuguese: difusão → Russian: диффузия (diffuzija) → Sicilian: diffusiuni → Spanish: difusión Translingual: Diffusilina === References === “diffusio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “diffusio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.