Where does “pouls” come from?

pouls (French) comes from Latin pulsus, from Latin pellō, from Proto-Italic pelnō, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European pel- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

pouls (French): pulse

Definitions

  1. pulse

Ancestry of “pouls”, step by step

pouls traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin pulsus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpulsuspulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked...
2Latinpellōto push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
3Proto-Italicpelnōapproach, go to; bring close
4Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold

via Middle French pouls

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchpouls
2Old Frenchpous
3Latinpulsmeal, porridge
4Ancient Greekπόλτοςporridge made of flour
5Proto-Indo-Europeanpeldust, flour; to drive, strike, thrust

Words derived from “pouls

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂-Every word from Proto-Italic pelnō