Where does “pushfully” come from?

pushfully (English) comes from English pushful, from English push, from Middle English pushen, from Middle French pousser, from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare, from Latin pulso, from Latin pulsus — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pushfully (English): In a pushful manner

Definitions

  1. In a pushful manner

Ancestry of “pushfully”, step by step

pushfully traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English pushful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpushfulEnergetic; pushy
2EnglishpushTo apply a force to such that it moves away from...
3Middle Englishpushen
4Middle Frenchpousser
5Old Frenchpoulser
6Latinpulsarepresent active infinitive of pulsō; second-person...
7LatinpulsoI push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on;...
8Latinpulsuspulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked...
9Latinpellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
10Proto-Italicpelnōapproach, go to; bring close
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via English ly

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlyAbbreviation of light-year
2VietnameselyAlternative spelling of li
Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-