Where does “palp” come from?

palp (English) comes from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

palp (English): A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in...

Definitions

  1. A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in...

Ancestry of “palp”, step by step

palp traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin palpō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalpōto touch softly, stroke, pat
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

via French palper

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpalperto palpate
2Latinpalpāre—

Words derived from “palp”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin palpō →