English → Latin
“fusion” in Latin
coctūracooking, heating, roastingcōnflōto kindle (a fire); to forge, fuse or melt (metal); to refine or purifyfundōto pour out, shed; to melt, cast, found, make by smelting; to overthrow, overcome, rout, vanquish an enemy, rout, scatteplumbumlead (metal); ball of lead; pipe of leadliquefaciōto melt or liquefy; to dissolveliquōto melt, liquefy; to filter, strain; to clarify, simplify
The English word fusion itself goes back to Latin fūsus, through fūsiōnem.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
fusion
(of metals)(of metals), coctura: conflatura (a melting): fusura (the melting, casting; e.g., plumbi, Plin., 33, 6, 35): fluxio (the state when the body is in fusion): to be brought into a state of fusion, liquefieri; colliquefieri: to bring into fusion, liquare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for fusion?
- The usual Latin words for “fusion” are coctūra, cōnflō, fundō; also plumbum, liquefaciō, liquō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.