Other forms: infusions
An infusion is a liquid made by steeping, or a fresh supply put in. A herbal infusion, an infusion of cash, an intravenous infusion.
In the kitchen it is what tea is: something steeped in hot water without boiling. In medicine it is a slow delivery into a vein over hours, which is different from an injection. In business it means money arriving when it was badly needed.
1nouninfusionA liquid made by steeping, or a fresh supply put in.
“She made an infusion of fresh mint leaves and hot water.”
infusion is a liquid, or a supply.
Latin infusio comes from infundere, to pour into — in plus fundere, to pour.
Latin
infusio — a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow
Old French
infusion
Middle English
infusioun
English, today
infusion
From Middle English infusioun, from Old French infusion, from Latin infusio (“a pouring into, a wetting, a dyeing, a flow”), from infundo.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA