pello

Meaning

(conjugation-3) to push, drive, hurl, impel, propel; expel, banish, eject, thrust out
(conjugation-3) to strike, set in motion
(conjugation-3) to rout, put to flight, discomfit
(conjugation-3) to strike the chords, play
(conjugation-3, figuratively) to touch, move, affect, impress
(conjugation-3) to beat, strike
(conjugation-3, figuratively) to conquer, overcome, defeat

push

lean back

press down

separate out

excrete <extrete>

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈpɛl.loː]

From Proto-Italic *pelnō or *pelnaō, a nasal-infix present derived from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to drive, strike, thrust”). See Ancient Greek πάλλω (pállō), πελεμίζω (pelemízō, “shake, cause to tremble”), ψάλλω (psállō), Latin palpō. Unrelated to Greek πέλω (pélō), which means "to stir." The past participle pulsus is analogous; the logical outcome of Proto-Italic *poltos would have been *pultus; compare pultō and Venetan poltos. See vellō for a similar analogy.