Words that come from Latin pellere

277 words across 37 languages descend from Latin pellere — including push, pulse, pushing, compel, compulsory, compulsion, repulsive, compulsive.

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English (115)

Latin (25)

French (21)

Spanish (20)

Italian (16)

Portuguese (14)

Dutch (8)

Middle English (7)

Middle French (6)

Late Latin (5)

Galician (3)

Old French (3)

German (3)

Catalan (2)

Cebuano (2)

Ido (2)

Norwegian Bokmål (2)

Norwegian Nynorsk (2)

Norman (2)

Romanian (2)

Chavacano (1)

Friulian (1)

Icelandic (1)

Sicilian (1)

Hungarian (1)

Russian (1)

Haitian Creole (1)

Occitan (1)

Esperanto (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Guinea-Bissau Creole (1)

Kabuverdianu (1)

Sranan Tongo (1)

Czech (1)

Medieval Latin (1)

Middle Dutch (1)

Middle High German (1)