Where does “dispel” come from?

Dispel comes from Middle English dispelen, from Latin dispello, from Latin pello meaning to drive or thrust, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-.

dispel (English): To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering;...

Definitions

  1. To drive away or cause to vanish by scattering;...

Ancestry of “dispel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdispelen—
2LatindispelloI drive asunder, scatter, disperse; I drive away,...
3Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
4Latincalceusshoe
5Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
6Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “dispel”

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