Where does “palpá” come from?
palpá (Kabuverdianu) comes from Portuguese apalpar, from Portuguese palpar, from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
palpá (Kabuverdianu): touch
Definitions
- touch
Ancestry of “palpá”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | apalpar | feel; grope |
| 2 | Portuguese | palpar | to palpate |
| 3 | Latin | palpō | to touch softly, stroke, pat |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |