Where does “puŝo” come from?
puŝo (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.
puŝo (Esperanto): push
Definitions
- push
Ancestry of “puŝo”, step by step
puŝo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Esperanto puŝi
| 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 |
via Latin pūs
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | pūs | pus |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | puos | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | púH-os ~ púH-es-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | puH- | rotten, foul |