Where does “puskart” come from?
puskart (Tagalog) comes from English pushcart, from English push, from Middle English pushen, from Middle French pousser, from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare, from Latin pulso, from Latin pulsus — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.
puskart (Tagalog): pushcart
Definitions
- pushcart
Ancestry of “puskart”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pushcart | A small cart, normally with two or four wheels,... |
| 2 | English | push | To apply a force to such that it moves away from... |
| 3 | Middle English | pushen | — |
| 4 | Middle French | pousser | — |
| 5 | Old French | poulser | — |
| 6 | Latin | pulsare | present active infinitive of pulsō; second-person... |
| 7 | Latin | pulso | I push, strike, beat, batter, hammer; knock on;... |
| 8 | Latin | pulsus | pulse, impulse, beat, stroke; expelled, kicked... |
| 9 | Latin | pellō | to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | pelnō | approach, go to; bring close |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |