Where does “palmo” come from?

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

palmo (English): A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm

Definitions

  1. A traditional Spanish unit of length, equivalent to about 20.8 cm

Ancestry of “palmo”, step by step

palmo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Portuguese palmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepalmohandspan
2Latinpalmuspalm; palm, the Roman palm of about 7.4cm
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₂m-palm of the hand

via Spanish palmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishpalmospan; handspan; inch; inkling

Words derived from “palmo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₂m- →Every word from Latin palmus →Every word from Portuguese palmo →