English
pushstick
From push + stick.
Latin pellō ‘to push, drive; to strike’
Latin pulsō ‘to push, strike, beat’
Old French poulser
Middle French pousser
Middle English pushen
English push
Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- ‘to be sharp’
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Proto-Germanic *stikkô ‘pole’
Proto-West Germanic *stikkō ‘stick’
Old English sticca ‘stick’
Middle English sticke ‘branch’
English stick
Today it means
noun A hand-held piece of wood or other material used in woodwork to control the motion of the workpiece and to protect the user's hands from the blade.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “pushstick”. 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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