Where does “pulsi” come from?
pulsi (Esperanto) comes from English pulsate, from English pulsation, from Latin pulsatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
pulsi (Esperanto): to pulsate; to throb
Definitions
- to pulsate; to throb
Ancestry of “pulsi”, step by step
pulsi traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English pulsate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pulsate | To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or... |
| 2 | English | pulsation | The regular throbbing of the heart, an artery... |
| 3 | Latin | pulsatio | beating, striking |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Portuguese pulsar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | pulsar | to pulse, beat, pulsate |
| 2 | English | pulsar | A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses... |
| 3 | English | star | Any small luminous dot appearing in the cloudless... |
| 4 | Middle English | sterre | star |
| 5 | Old English | steorra | star |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sterrō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | sternô | star |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂stḗr | star |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eHs- | to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth |
via Spanish púlsar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | púlsar | pulsar |