Where does “palpita” come from?
palpita (Romanian) comes from French palpiter, from Latin palpitō, from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
palpita (Romanian): to palpitate
Definitions
- to palpitate
Ancestry of “palpita”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | palpiter | to palpitate; to beat, flutter, to race, pulsate;... |
| 2 | Latin | palpitō | to move frequently and quickly, tremble, throb, pulsate, palpitate |
| 3 | Latin | palpō | to touch softly, stroke, pat |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |