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[English Etymology] *pel- "to thrust, strike, drive" 🏇

 *pel-  "to thrust, strike, drive" 🏇


Eng polish
   Mid Eng polischen "make smooth," 
        Old French poliss- "to polish, decorate, see to one's appearance," 
                       Latin polire "to polish, make smooth; decorate, embellish"


Old French pouspulse (late 12c
            Latin pulsus (past participle)
                         pellere"to push, drive,"



Latin compellere "to drive together, drive to one place (of cattle), to force or compel (of persons)" = com  pellere

Eng extrapolate (in a Harvard observatory account in 1862 of the comet of 1858 = extra- + ending from interpolate)

Eng interpolate "to alter or enlarge a writing by inserting new material,"
    Latin interpolatus, (past participle)
                  interpolare "alter, freshen up, polish; falsify (writings)" = inter  + polare "to smooth, polish"

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