myEtymology.com: English etymology of palm

1. Etymology of the English word palm

the English word palm

derived from the Old French word paume

derived from the Latin word palma (the open hand; palm, width of the hand; hand)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *pelə-

Dutch palm, French palme, French paume, German Palme, Icelandic pálmi, Italian palma, Italian palmo, Latin palma, Lithuanian palme, Russian пaльмa, Spanish palma, Swedish palm

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derived from the English word palm

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