English word compel comes from Latin pellere, Latin con-, Latin pulsare, Latin -one(-onem|m), and later Middle French compellir (To compel; to force someone to do something.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| pellere | Latin (lat) | |
| con- | Latin (lat) | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word. |
| pulsare | Latin (lat) | |
| -one(-onem|m) | Latin (lat) | |
| com- | Latin (lat) | |
| compello | Latin (lat) | I accuse. I address, accost. I challenge. I compel, incite, impel, drive, force. I rebuke. |
| compellere | Latin (lat) | |
| compellir | Middle French (frm) | To compel; to force someone to do something. |
| compellen | Middle English (enm) | |
| compel | English (en) | (obsolete) To call forth; to summon.. (obsolete) To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.. (obsolete) To gather or unite in a crowd or company.. (transitive) To exact, extort, (make) produce by force.. (transitive) To force, constrain or coerce.. (transitive) To overpower; to subdue.. (transitive, archaic, literally) To drive together, round up (Can we add an example for this sense?). |
