English
repulsor
From repulse + -or.
A compound of repulse + -or
Proto-Italic *wre- ‘back, backwards’
Proto-Italic *pelnō ‘to approach’
Latin pellō ‘push, drive’
Latin repellō ‘to drive, push or thrust back or away’
Latin repulsus ‘having been rejected, repulsed, repelled’
English repulse
Today it means
noun A device used to deflect or repel other objects, or for flight stability.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “repulsor”. 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.
Etymograph / repulsor