Where does “palm” come from?

palm (Old High German) comes from Latin Palma, from Proto-Italic *palamā.

palm (Old High German): palm tree

Definitions

  1. palm tree

Ancestry of “palm”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinPalmapalm of the hand, hand
2Proto-Italic*palamā—

Words derived from “palm”

Every word from Proto-Italic *palamā →Every word from Latin Palma →
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