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Where does “apelmazar” come from?

apelmazar (Spanish) comes from Spanish pelmazo, from Spanish pelma, from English Palm, from Middle English palme, from Old French palme, from Latin Palma, from Proto-Indo-European pl̥h₂meh₂, from Proto-Indo-European plh₂m- — to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold.

apelmazar (Spanish): to compact; to go lumpy, to clump together

Definitions

  1. to compact; to go lumpy, to clump together

Ancestry of “apelmazar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishpelmazoAugmentative of pelma; great bore
2Spanishpelmabore
3EnglishPalmAlternative letter-case form of palm
4Middle Englishpalme—
5Old Frenchpalmepalm leaf; Alternative form of paume
6LatinPalma—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpl̥h₂meh₂palm, hand
8Proto-Indo-Europeanplh₂m-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpelh₂-to approach
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpel-to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold
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