Etymology of the French word palme
the Old French word
palmederived from the Latin word
palma (the open hand; palm, width of the hand; hand)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pelə-Date
The earliest known usage of palme in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
palmette,
palmitine,
palmer,
palmier,
palmureDerivations in other languages
Romanian
palmă, Romanian
palmCognates
Dutch
palm, English
palm, French
paume, German
Palme, Icelandic
pálmi, Italian
palma, Italian
palmo, Latin
palma, Lithuanian
palme, Russian
пaльмa, Spanish
palma, Swedish
palmUsage
Word found in Old French
