Re: Push

--- On Wed, 1/7/09, congotre o <congotron@...> wrote:

> From: congotre o <congotron@...>
> Subject: Re: [tied] Push
> To: cybalist@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wednesday, January 7, 2009, 4:13 AM
> I'm jumping in without a context, sorry.,
> My dictionary says pulsare changed (in French) to
> 'poulser, pousser' , then in Middle English, to
> possen and pushen.
>
> Except that the Spanish cognate, pujar, has taken on the
> additional meaning 'to strain at stool'.
>

Which is why Spanish push is empujar, but note Portuguese puxar "to pull"