Where does “unpushily” come from?
unpushily (English) comes from English unpushy, from English pushy, from English push, from Middle English pushen, from Middle French pousser, from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare, from Latin pulso — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
unpushily (English): In a way that is not pushy
Definitions
- In a way that is not pushy
Ancestry of “unpushily”, step by step
unpushily traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unpushy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unpushy | Not pushy |
| 2 | English | pushy | Aggressively ambitious; overly assertive, bold or... |
| 3 | English | push | To apply a force to such that it moves away from... |
| 4 | Middle English | pushen | — |
| 5 | Middle French | pousser | — |
| 6 | Old French | poulser | — |
| 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 |