Where does “forpuŝi” come from?
forpuŝi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto puŝi, 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.
forpuŝi (Esperanto): to push away, repel; push aside
Definitions
- to push away, repel; push aside
Ancestry of “forpuŝi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | puŝi | to push; to thrust |
| 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 |