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Where does “impulser” come from?

impulser (Middle French) comes from Latin impulsus, from Latin impellō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “impulser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpulsuspushed, driven, assailed, having been pushed or...
2Latinimpellō—
3Latinīn-—
4Latinîn—
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “impulser”

  • impulse
  • counterimpulse
  • impulseless
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →