Re: Push (2)

From: The Egyptian Chronicles
Message: 62407
Date: 2009-01-08

Ishinan wrote: In addition, the first occurrence in Middle French: pouce, poussa, poussah dates from the end of the 14 th c.,
 
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Brian responded:  The French verb is found in the 12th century.
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Ishinan's  comment: My source says otherwise (see below)
 
POUSSER : Prononc. et Orth.: [puse], (il) pousse [pus]. Homon. pouce, poussa, poussah. . Étymol. et Hist. A. 1. Fin xives. «exercer une pression sur une chose pour la déplacer» (Froissart, Chroniques, éd. G. Raynaud, t.9, p.248). Froissart's Chronicle was written in French by Jehan  (Jean)Froissart. It covers the years 1322 until 1400 and describes the lead up to and the progress of the first half of the Hundred Years' War.
 
Here is the text where the first occurrence of "pousser" in  Middle French is found:
 
http://books.google.com/books?id=Spw8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA309&lpg=PA309&dq=pousser+dans+les++Chroniques+de+Froissart&source=bl&ots=T4sWVkvsav&sig=jsuOMubA9NeMlbzPb96V0C6R-4c&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result
 
What is your source?
 
Ishinan