Where does “palpless” come from?
palpless (English) comes from English less, from Middle English les, from Old English lēas, from Proto-Germanic *laus.
palpless (English): Without a palp
Definitions
- Without a palp
Ancestry of “palpless”, step by step
palpless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English less
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | less | To a smaller extent or degree; comparative form... |
| 2 | Middle English | les | false; lying; deceptive; falsehood; a lie |
| 3 | Old English | lēas | false, lax; false, void, loose; devoid of, loose... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *laus | — |
via English palp
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | palp | A pedipalp, an appendage found near the mouth in... |
| 2 | Latin | palpō | to touch softly, stroke, pat |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |