myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of pulsus

Etymology of the Latin word pulsus

the Latin word pulsus (stroke; beat; pulse)

derived from the Latin word pellere (beat; drive out; push)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pel-

English pous, French pulse, Italian polso, Portuguese pulso, Spanish pulso, Spanish poisa

Dutch pols, English pulse, French pouls, German Puls, Italian polso, Lithuanian pulsas, Norwegian puls, Polish puls, Russian пyльc, Spanish pulso, Swedish puls