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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Â© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

push vb. XIII. — AN. *pusser, (O)F. pousser, † pou(l)ser :— L. pulsāre, frequent. f. puls-, pp. stem of pellere drive, thrust.
Hence sb. XVI.

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