Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA short, directed application of force; an act of pushing. · An act of tensing the muscles of the abdomen in order to expel its contents. · A great effort (to do something). · An attempt to persuade someone into a particular course of action.
From Middle English pushen, poshen, posson, borrowed from Middle French pousser (Modern French pousser) from Old French poulser, from Latin pulsare (“to beat, strike”), frequentative of pellere (past participle pulsus). Doublet of pulsate and pulse (verb). Partly displaced native Old English sċūfan, whence Modern English shove.
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- Root classification mention*pel- (beat)ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionpushenenm
- Derivation mentionpousserfrm
- Unspecified derivation mentionpoulserfro
- Derivation mentionpulsarela · to beat, strike
- Doublet mentionpulsateen
- Doublet mentionpulse#Verben
- Non-cognate comparisonsċūfanang
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