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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

Definitions

  1. In a pushy manner

Ancestry of “pushily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpushyAggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or...
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...
9Latinpellō—
10Proto-Italicpelnōapproach, go to; bring close
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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