Where does “palpans” come from?

palpans (Latin) comes from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

palpans (Latin): touching softly, stroking, patting; caressing,...

Definitions

  1. touching softly, stroking, patting; caressing,...

Ancestry of “palpans”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalpōto touch softly, stroke, pat
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin palpō →