impulsor

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noun

One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator.

OriginLatin impulsor ← Proto-Italic *pelnō ← Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- →
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Meanings

nounimpulsor (plural impulsors)

plural impulsors

  1. One who or that which impels; an inciter, an instigator.

    Which consisting of two Vectes or armes, converted towards each other, the innitency and stresse being made upon the hypomochlion or fulciment in the decussation, the greater compression is made by the union of two impulsors.

    1658, Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pelh₂-
  7. Proto-Italic*pelnō
  8. Latinpellō
  9. Latinimpellō
  10. Latinimpulsor
  11. Englishimpulsor

Borrowed from Latin impulsor.

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