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Where does “palm” come from?

palm (Catalan) comes from Latin palmus, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₂m- — palm of the hand.

Ancestry of “palm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalmuspalm; palm, the Roman palm of about 7.4cm
2Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₂m-palm of the hand

Words derived from “palm”

  • pam
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