Where does “brevipalpus” come from?

brevipalpus (Latin) comes from Latin palpus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

brevipalpus (Latin): short-handed

Definitions

short-handed

Ancestry of “brevipalpus”, step by step

brevipalpus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin palpus

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	palpus	palm of the hand; feeler
2	Latin	-us	suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3	Old Latin	-os	accusative masculine plural of -us
4	Proto-Italic	-os	—
5	Proto-Indo-European	-ós	Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Latin brevis

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	brevis	short, small, little, narrow; brief, short;...
2	Proto-Italic	*breɣʷis	—
3	Proto-Indo-European	mréǵʰus	short; brief
4	Proto-Indo-European	mreǵʰ-	short

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin palpus →