Middle English word compellen comes from Latin con-, Latin -one(-onem|m), Latin pulsare, Latin pellere, and later Middle French compellir (To compel; to force someone to do something.)

Detailed word origin of compellen

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
con-	Latin (lat)	Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects. Used in compounds to indicate the completeness, perfecting of any act, and thus gives intensity to the signification of the simple word.
-one(-onem|m)	Latin (lat)
pulsare	Latin (lat)
pellere	Latin (lat)
com-	Latin (lat)
compello	Latin (lat)	I accuse. I address, accost. I challenge. I compel, incite, impel, drive, force. I rebuke.
compellere	Latin (lat)
compellir	Middle French (frm)	To compel; to force someone to do something.
compellen	Middle English (enm)

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