Where does “pam” come from?
pam (Catalan) comes from Catalan palm, from Latin palmus, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₂m- — palm of the hand.
pam (Catalan): span, handspan
Ancestry of “pam”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | palm | — |
| 2 | Latin | palmus | palm; palm, the Roman palm of about 7.4cm |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₂m- | palm of the hand |