Where does “pushily” come from?
pushily (English) comes from English pushy, 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.
pushily (English): In a pushy manner
Ancestry of “pushily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | pushy | Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or... |
| 2 | English | push | To apply a force to such that it moves away from... |
| 3 | Middle English | pushen | — |
| 4 | Middle French | pousser | — |
| 5 | Old French | poulser | — |
| 6 | Latin | pulsare | present active infinitive of pulsō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | pulso | I push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on;... |
| 8 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 9 | Latin | pellō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |