Where does “palpate” come from?
palpate (Italian) comes from Italian palpare, from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
palpate (Italian): plural of palpata; second-person plural present...
Definitions
- plural of palpata; second-person plural present...
Ancestry of “palpate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | palpare | to feel, finger, grope, cop a feel; to palpate |
| 2 | Latin | palpō | — |
| 3 | Latin | -ō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |