Etymograph

English

expulsion

Expulsion comes from Latin expulsio ‘expulsion (driving out)’, from Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éǵʰreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éǵʰs‘out’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnō‘to approach’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘drive out’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpellō‘to drive or thrust out or away’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpulsioas expulsio‘expulsion (driving out)’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400expulsion
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500expulsioun
  10. Englishtodayexpulsion

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éǵʰreconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁éǵʰs‘out’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*eksreconstructed
  4. Proto-Italic, derivedc. 1500–700 BCE*pelnō‘to approach’reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpellō‘drive out’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpellō‘to drive or thrust out or away’
  7. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexpulsioas expulsio‘expulsion (driving out)’
  8. Old Frenchc. 842–1400expulsion
  9. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500expulsioun
  10. Englishtodayexpulsion

Linked words

through Proto-Italic *eks

ex, elevator, elevation, elevate, affray, excommunicate, enunciation, 17 more

through Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’

impulse, repellent, repulse, 10 more

through Latin pellō ‘drive out’

appeal, repeal, pulse, appellate, compel, compulsory, repel, propel, dispel, pelt, expel, compulsive, propulsion, impel, rappel, 16 more

Today it means

noun The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ / expulsion

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