Etymograph

English

revulse

Revulse comes from Latin revulsus ‘revulsed’, from vellō ‘pluck out’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- ‘to hit, to strike’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welh₃-‘to hit, to strike’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wl̥néh₃tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welnō‘to pull, tear’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvellō‘pluck out’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevello‘to revulse’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevulsus‘revulsed’past participle of revello
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1791revulse

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*welh₃-‘to hit, to strike’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wl̥néh₃tireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*welnō‘to pull, tear’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvellō‘pluck out’
  5. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevello‘to revulse’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CErevulsus‘revulsed’past participle of revello
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1791revulse

Earliest quotation: 1791, Homer, The Iliad and Odyssey of Homer: “But piercing with his lance Alcmaon, son Of Thestor,…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- ‘to hit, to strike’

vulnerable, invulnerability, 20 more

through Latin vellō ‘pluck out’

pull, convulsive, convulsion, 7 more

Today it means

verb To pull back with force.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *welh₃- / revulse

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