Etymograph

English

subpulse

From sub- + pulse.

Formed from sub- + pulse

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘up; from below’

Proto-Italic *supo ‘under’

Latin sub ‘under, beneath, below’

English sub-

Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to beat, strike’

Latin pulsus ‘beat, impulse, pulse, stroke’

Old French pous

Anglo-Norman puls

Middle English pulse ‘regular beat of arteries, pulse’

English pulse

Today it means

noun A subsidiary pulse

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “subpulse”. 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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