Where does “unpushingly” come from?
unpushingly (English) comes from English unpushing, from English pushing, 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.
unpushingly (English): Without pushing or obtruding oneself; in a...
Definitions
- Without pushing or obtruding oneself; in a...
Ancestry of “unpushingly”, step by step
unpushingly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English unpushing
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | unpushing | Not pushing or pushy; retiring; modest |
| 2 | English | pushing | present participle of push; That pushes forward;... |
| 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 |