Where does “Palmengattung” come from?

Palmengattung (German) comes from German palme, from Middle High German palme, from Old High German palm, from Latin Palma, from Proto-Italic *palamā.

Palmengattung (German): genus of palms

Definitions

  1. genus of palms

Ancestry of “Palmengattung”, step by step

Palmengattung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German palme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanpalmepalm tree
2Middle High Germanpalmepalm tree
3Old High Germanpalmpalm tree
4LatinPalmapalm of the hand, hand
5Proto-Italic*palamā—

via German Gattung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGattunggenus; voice, gender; genre
2Middle High Germangatunge—
3Middle High Germangatento come together, to fit
Every word from Proto-Italic *palamā →