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Etymology of the English word repelling
the English word
repelling
derived from the English word
repel
derived from the French word
repel
derived from the Latin word
repellere
(drive, push, thrust back)
using the Latin prefix
re-
derived from the Latin word
pellere
(beat; drive out; push)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pel-
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