Etymograph

English

pushforward

From push + forward.

A compound of push + forward

Latin pellō ‘to push, drive; to strike’

Latin pulsō ‘to push, strike, beat’

Old French poulser

Middle French pousser

Middle English pushen

English push

Old English foreweard ‘forward, inclined to the front’

Middle English foreward

English forward

Today it means

noun The differential of a smooth map between smooth manifolds.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “pushforward”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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