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