English
depulse
Depulse comes from Latin depulsus ‘removed, expelled, repelled’, from dēpellō ‘to drive out’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnō‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘push, drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēpellōas depellere, past participle‘to drive out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdepulsus‘removed, expelled, repelled’
- Englishearliest quotation 1670depulse
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnō‘to approach’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘push, drive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdēpellōas depellere, past participle‘to drive out’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdepulsus‘removed, expelled, repelled’
- Englishearliest quotation 1670depulse
Earliest quotation: 1670, Epicurus's Morals:: “Animals of different species being depulsed and kept apart”.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to approach’
through Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’
through Latin pellō ‘push, drive’
appeal, repeal, appellate, compel, expel, compulsory, propel, dispel, propulsion, repel, impulse, expulsion, pelt, compulsive, impel, rappel, repulse, 14 more
Today it means
verb To drive away.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *pelnō / depulse