pello

Latin

verb
Definitions
  • I push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
  • I strike, set in motion.
  • (military) I rout, put to flight, discomfit.
  • (music) I strike the chords, play.
  • (figuratively) I touch, move, affect, impress
  • (figuratively) I conquer, overcome, beat, defeat.

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Italic *pelnō derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (flat, drive, approach, spread out, be flat, be broad, thrust, strike, move, stir, swing, shake, broad, plain).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*pelh₂-

Gloss

flat, drive, approach, spread out, be flat, be broad, thrust, strike, move, stir, swing, shake, broad, plain

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