Where does “apalpar” come from?

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

apalpar (Portuguese): feel; grope

Definitions

  1. feel; grope

Ancestry of “apalpar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesepalparto palpate
2Latinpalpōto touch softly, stroke, pat
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “apalpar”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin palpō →