Where does “pussytoes” come from?
pussytoes (English) comes from English pussy, from English pursy, from Middle English pursyf, from Anglo-Norman porsif, from French poussif, from French pousser, from Latin pulsare, from Latin pulso — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
pussytoes (English): Any of several species of composite flower in the...
Definitions
- Any of several species of composite flower in the...
Ancestry of “pussytoes”, step by step
pussytoes traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pussy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pussy | A cat; An affectionate term for a woman or girl,... |
| 2 | English | pursy | Out of breath; short of breath, especially due to... |
| 3 | Middle English | pursyf | asthmatic, pursy |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | porsif | — |
| 5 | French | poussif | wheezy |
| 6 | French | pousser | to push; to urge on, encourage; to grow |
| 7 | Latin | pulsare | present active infinitive of pulsō; second-person... |
| 8 | Latin | pulso | I push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on;... |
| 9 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 10 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |
via English toes
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | toes | plural of toe; Third-person singular simple... |
| 2 | English | toe | Each of the five digits on the end of the foot;... |
| 3 | Middle English | to | toe; to; too |
| 4 | Middle English | tone | the one |
| 5 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |