pulse English · revision 13164

− It is Middle English pous, later puls,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) [[bor|fro|pous|t=pulse]], Latinized pouls (modern French pouls),^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) and directly from Latin pulsus, beating (pulsus venārum, the beating of the veins),^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002) from the past participle of pellere, to push, drive, beat,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024) from PIE [[ine-pro|*pel-|t=to thrust, strike, drive]] according to Watkins.^(Etymonline)

− It is Middle English pols, [[bor|fro|pols|t=porridge]], pouls,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) and directly from Latin puls, pultis, a thick porridge of meal or pulse,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) probably, perhaps through Etruscan, from Greek [[m|grc|πόλτος|tr=póltos|t=porridge]];^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) the Greek and Latin may both come from a non-Indo-European Mediterranean source.^(Etymonline) Compare [[pollen]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)