Where does “expeller” come from?
expeller (Middle French) comes from Old French expeller, from Latin expellō, 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.
expeller (Middle French): to expel; to cast out
Definitions
- to expel; to cast out
Ancestry of “expeller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | expeller | to expel; to cast out |
| 2 | Latin | expellō | to drive or thrust out or away; expel, eject, banish; dislodge |
| 3 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |