English
palmar
Palmar comes from Latin palmāris ‘Measuring the length, width or breadth of a…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂meh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*palamāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalma‘hand, palm of the hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalmāris‘Measuring the length, width or breadth of a hand or palm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988palmar
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pleh₂-‘flat’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂meh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*palamāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalma‘hand, palm of the hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalmāris‘Measuring the length, width or breadth of a hand or palm’
- Englishearliest quotation 1988palmar
Earliest quotation: 1988, Jack Clark, Touch of Death: “A latent print on the palmar surface of our…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- ‘flat’
field, floor, explain, plane, explanation, plain, clan, explanatory, playa, archipelago, fluke, placenta, planar, esplanade, flounder, placate, implacable, pelagic, lech, flay, polonium, plantar, palatine, veld, llano, floe, planta, purdah, 47 more
through Latin palma ‘hand, palm of the hand’
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the palm of the hand or comparable appendage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- / palmar