Etymograph

English

pulsion

Pulsion comes from Latin pulsio.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulsio
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentpulsion
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpulsio
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentpulsion
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2020same form

Earliest quotation: 2020, 2019, Richard Seymour: “The same applies to the tempestuous rows within internet…”

Today it means

noun The act of driving forward; propulsion.

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

Etymograph / Latin pulsio / pulsion