Where does “Palm” come from?
Palm comes from Middle High German palme, from Latin palma meaning the palm of the hand or a palm tree.
Palm (English): Alternative letter-case form of palm
Definitions
- Alternative letter-case form of palm
Ancestry of “Palm”, step by step
Palm traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English palme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | palme | palm |
| 2 | Old French | palme | palm leaf; Alternative form of paume |
| 3 | Latin | Palma | palm of the hand, hand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | pl̥h₂meh₂ | palm, hand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | plh₂m- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pelh₂- | to approach |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |