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Impel

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to urge or drive someone to do something
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Stage 1 of 2
impellere
Latin · ancient
"to drive into, to urge on"
to drive into, to urge on, from in- (into) and pellere (to drive)
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Stage 2 of 2
impel
English · 1400s
"to urge or drive someone to act"
settled as the English word for urging or driving someone to act
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