Where does “pulp engine” come from?

pulp engine (English) comes from English engine, from Middle English engyn, from Anglo-Norman engine, from Old French engin, from Latin ingenium, from Latin gignere, from Latin genere, from Latin genus — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

pulp engine (English): A machine for converting rags etc. into pulp

Definitions

  1. A machine for converting rags etc. into pulp

Ancestry of “pulp engine”, step by step

pulp engine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English engine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishengineA large construction used in warfare, such as a...
2Middle Englishengynengine; Engyn, Middle English, noun - skill,...
3Anglo-Normanengine
4Old Frenchenginintelligence; ruse; trickery; deception;...
5Latiningeniuminnate or natural quality, natural character;...
6Latingigneresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latingenereablative singular of genus; to beget, produce
8Latingenusbirth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,...
9Proto-Italicgenoslineage, origin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵénh₁osrace, lineage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth

via English pulp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpulpA soft, moist, shapeless mass or matter; A...
2Frenchpulpepulp
3Latinpulpathe soft part of an animal's body; flesh; the...
4Old Latinpelpa
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁osEvery word from Proto-Italic genos