Etymology

pulsion

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Today it means: The act of driving forward; propulsion. Full definition →

First used 17th c.French pulsion ← Latin pulsio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompulsio
  2. French · borrowed frompulsion
  3. English todaypulsion

Borrowed from French pulsion, from Latin pulsio.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 17th c. The act of driving forward; propulsion.
  • from 20th c. A subconscious drive or impulse.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.