Where does “unpushy” come from?
unpushy (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.
unpushy (English): Not pushy
Definitions
- Not pushy
Ancestry of “unpushy”, step by step
unpushy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English pushy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |