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Where does “empeller” come from?

empeller (Spanish) comes from Latin impellere, from Latin impello, from Latin in-, from Latin in, from Old Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

empeller (Spanish): to push

Definitions

  1. to push

Ancestry of “empeller”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinimpelleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2LatinimpelloI push, drive or strike against something;...
3Latinin-un-, non-, not; in, within, inside
4Latininin, at, on, upon, from; within, while in; into,...
5Old Latinenin
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “empeller”

  • empellón
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →