Where does “longipalpate” come from?
longipalpate (English) comes from English palpate, from Latin palpātus, from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
longipalpate (English): having long palpi
Definitions
- having long palpi
Ancestry of “longipalpate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | palpate | To examine or otherwise explore through touch,... |
| 2 | Latin | palpātus | touched softly, stroked, patted; having been softly touched |
| 3 | Latin | palpō | to touch softly, stroke, pat |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |