| 1 | Middle English | pushen | — |
| 2 | Middle French | pousser | — |
| 3 | Old French | poulser | — |
| 4 | Latin | pulsare | present active infinitive of pulsō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | pulso | I push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on;... |
| 6 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 7 | Latin | pellō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |