Latin word root · Motion & Action

pell-: driving, pushing

pell- is a Latin root meaning “driving, pushing”. Learn its variants and explore 2 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: driving, pushing

Root forms: pell-, puls-

Source word: pellō — to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out

Word family and examples

• expel

  to force out or eject

• repulse

  to drive back an attack or attacker

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