Where does “nigripalpus” come from?

nigripalpus (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...

nigripalpus (Latin): having black hands or feelers

Definitions

  1. having black hands or feelers

Ancestry of “nigripalpus”, step by step

nigripalpus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin palpus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalpuspalm of the hand; feeler
2Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
3Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
4Proto-Italic-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

via Latin Niger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinNigerA Roman agnomen, or "nickname"
2Proto-Indo-Europeannegʷ-bare, naked
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Latin -us →Every word from Latin palpus →