English
depulsion
Depulsion comes from Latin depulsio ‘repelling’, from dēpellō ‘to drive out or away’, 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 CEdēpellō‘to drive out or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdepulsio‘repelling’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611depulsion
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 CEdēpellō‘to drive out or away’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEdepulsio‘repelling’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611depulsion
Earliest quotation: 1611, Iohn Speed [i.e., Henrie the Sixth, […]: “Shee [Margaret of Anjou] vvas his vvife tvventie ſixe…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- ‘to approach’
through Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’
impulse, repellent, repulse, 9 more
through Latin pellō ‘push, drive’
appeal, repeal, pulse, appellate, compel, compulsory, expel, propel, dispel, repel, pelt, compulsive, propulsion, expulsion, impel, rappel, 15 more
Today it means
noun expulsion or repulsion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *pelnō / depulsion