Brian wrote:
I don't know whether he says so or not, but that's via OFr <pousser> 'to
breathe with difficulty, to wheeze (~1150 for a horse, beg. 14th c. for a
person), to exercise physical pressure on, to shove or jostle (a person or
thing) (late 12th c.), later developing other senses.
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Ishinan's response:
What is the source for the "~1150" date you are quoting above? Can this
source be accessed for the exact definition as well?
[...]
At any rate, it is quite revealing that all the meanings of these suggested
sources for «push» seem to occur in different languages around roughly the
same time, i.e. in the 14 th c.
Despite the great temptation to attribute it to Latin, none of these
examples have anything to do with the Classical pulso~are & pulsus. The 10
definitions of the Classical terms pulso~are & pulsus were quoted verbatim,
in my previous message, from "The Oxford Classical Latin Dictionary"
http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ cybalist/ message/62394
Ishinan