Where does “impulsar” come from?
impulsar (Catalan) comes from Spanish impulso, from Latin impulsus, from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
impulsar (Catalan): to impel, force; to push on, kickstart
Definitions
- to impel, force; to push on, kickstart
Ancestry of “impulsar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | impulso | drive, urge; impulse, pulse |
| 2 | Latin | impulsus | pushed, driven, assailed, having been pushed or... |
| 3 | Latin | impellō | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |