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Propel

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means to drive or push something forward
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Stage 1 of 2
propellere
Latin · ancient
"to drive forward"
to drive forward, from pro- (forward) and pellere (to drive)
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Stage 2 of 2
propel
English · 1500s
"to drive or push something forward"
settled as the English word for driving something forward
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