English
compellable
Compellable comes from Middle French compellir ‘to compel’, from Latin pellō ‘to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom‘with, along, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*kom-‘together’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnō‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompellere
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600compellir‘to compel’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500compellen‘to force, coerce’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500compellable‘capable of being compelled’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱóm‘beside, near, by, with’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kom‘with, along, at’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*kom-‘together’reconstructed
- Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnō‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEcompellere
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600compellir‘to compel’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500compellen‘to force, coerce’
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500compellable‘capable of being compelled’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱe ‘Deictic particle, here’
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
among, gain, comply, hind, likeness, kata, limbed, 31 more
through Proto-Italic *kom ‘with, along, at’
consideration, cum, cue, 14 more
through Proto-Italic *kom- ‘together’
conference, consider, counter, competition, consistent, concrete, con, commodity, contra, concierge, connotation, condiment, condescend, 15 more
through Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’
impulse, repulse, repellent, 10 more
through Latin pellō ‘to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel’
appeal, pulse, repeal, propulsion, expulsion, compulsory, expel, repel, propel, appellate, dispel, pelt, rappel, impel, 16 more
through Latin compellere
Today it means
adj Capable of being compelled or constrained.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm / compellable