pushed

The verb 'push' entered Middle English from Old French 'poulser' or 'pousser', meaning to thrust or shove, which itself derived from Latin 'pulsare', a frequentative form of 'pellere' (to drive, beat, push). The ultimate Proto-Indo-European root is believed to be pel-, meaning to thrust, strike, or drive. The semantic core of applying force to move something away has remained remarkably stable. The addition of the regular past tense suffix '-ed' follows the standard Germanic pattern for verb conjugation in English. The modern informal adjectival sense of being 'pushed' (i.e., pressured) is a metaphorical extension from the physical act of being forced or compelled.

The word 'pushed' is the past tense and past participle form of the verb 'push'. The base 'push' is a simplex word of uncertain, possibly imitative or Germanic origin. The suffix '-ed' is a productive inflectional morpheme from Old English, used to form the past tense and past participle of regular verbs.