Where does “pushbutton” come from?
pushbutton (English) comes from English button, from French bouton, from Italian bottone, from Spanish botón, from Old French boton, from Old French bouter, from Frankish bautan, from Proto-West Germanic bautan — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
pushbutton (English): Alternative spelling of push-button
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of push-button
Ancestry of “pushbutton”, step by step
pushbutton traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English button
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | button | A knob or disc that is passed through a loop or (buttonhole), serving as a fastener |
| 2 | French | bouton | button; bud; pimple, spot, zit |
| 3 | Italian | bottone | button; bud |
| 4 | Spanish | botón | button; key; bud |
| 5 | Old French | boton | — |
| 6 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 7 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |
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 |