Where does “pushbike” come from?
pushbike (English) comes from English bike, from English bicycle, from French bicycle, from French bi-, from Latin bis, from Latin color, from Ancient Greek μέτρον, from Ancient Greek -τρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
pushbike (English): A pedal bicycle, as distinguished from a...
Definitions
- A pedal bicycle, as distinguished from a...
Ancestry of “pushbike”, step by step
pushbike traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English bike
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bike | Clipping of bicycle; Clipping of motorbike;... |
| 2 | English | bicycle | A vehicle that has two wheels, one behind the... |
| 3 | French | bicycle | bicycle |
| 4 | French | bi- | bi |
| 5 | Latin | bis | twice, two times, on two occasions, in two ways |
| 6 | Latin | color | colour, shade; color; pigment; complexion |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via English push
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | push | To apply a force to such that it moves away from... |
| 2 | Middle English | pushen | — |
| 3 | Middle French | pousser | — |
| 4 | Old French | poulser | — |
| 5 | Latin | pulsare | present active infinitive of pulsō; second-person... |
| 6 | Latin | pulso | I push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on;... |
| 7 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 8 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |