Palm

Morpheme

Palm

Type

free base

Denotation

flat, spread out

Etymology

(1) Middle English palme; (a) Old English palm, palma and (b) Old French palme, paulme, paume; both from Latin palma; (2) Spanish and Portuguese palmo and palma; Latin palmus and palma

Evidence

distopalmar, dorsopalmar, eigenpalm, facepalm, impalm, impalmed, impalming, impalms, lateropalmar, nonpalmar, palm, palma, palmable, palmar, palmarly, palmas, palmball, palmchat, palmcorder, palmcreeper, Palmdale, palmed, palmfly, palmful, palmheart, palmhouse, palmier, palmiest, palmification, palming, palmist, palmistry, palmitate, palmite, palmitic, palmitoleic, palmitone, palmless, palmlike, palmload, palmo, palmo-, Palmodactylon, Palmodictyon, Palmogloea, palmomental, palmoplantar, palmos, palmospasm, palmprint, palmrest, palms, palmster, palmtop, palmward, palmwards, palmwise, palmwood, palmworm, palmy, posteropalmar, proximopalmar, radiopalmar, repalm, transpalmar, unpalm

Notes

palm, palma, palmo, and pam are doublets

See Also

Pam

Homographs

Palm