pusher

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
2. Proto-Indo-European*pelh₂-
3. Proto-Italic*pelnō
4. Latinpellō
5. Latinpulsō
6. Old Frenchpoulser
7. Middle Frenchpousser
8. Middle Englishpushen
9. Englishpush
10. English todaypusher

From push + -er.

First known use, by meaning

• from 16th c. Someone or something that pushes.
• from 20th c. A girl or woman.
• from 20th c. A drug dealer.
• from 20th c. An aircraft with the propeller behind the fuselage.