Where does “pusa” come from?
pusa (Lingala) comes from Kongo pusa, from French pousser, from Latin pulsare, from Latin pulso, from Latin pulsus, from Latin pellō, from Proto-Italic pelnō, from Proto-Indo-European pelh₂- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
pusa (Lingala): to push
Definitions
- to push
Ancestry of “pusa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kongo | pusa | to push |
| 2 | French | pousser | to push; to urge on, encourage; to grow |
| 3 | Latin | pulsare | present active infinitive of pulsō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | pulso | I push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on;... |
| 5 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 6 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |