Word origin
[1620–30; ‹ L
appulsus driven to, landed (ptp. of
appellere), equiv. to
ap- ap-1 +
pul- (var. s. of
pellere to drive, push) +
-sus, var. of
-tus ptp. suffix
]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: contact, hotbed, midshipman, plug, vetoap- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “toward” and indicateddirection, tendency, or addition. Other words that use the affix ap- include: appanage, apparel, appreciate, appropriate, appurtenance