pulsate
/ˈpʌl.seɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
Etymology
Perhaps formed within English as a back-formation from pulsation (attested from the early 15th century, in Middle English). A figurative derivation from New Latin pulsō, pulsātum (“(of an organ) to pulse, to emit a pulse”, intransitive) is also possible, itself a back-formation of New Latin pulsātiō (“pulsation”, 14th century), or derived from classical Latin pulsō (“to strike repeatedly”, transitive) with semantic influence from classical pulsus (“a pulse”). Ultimately from Latin pellō (“to strike”). By surface analysis, pulse + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of push.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: pulsō, pellō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpʌl.seɪt/
- British English: /pʌlˈseɪt/