English
palmita
Palmita comes from Spanish palma ‘palm’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂meh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*palamāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalma‘palm of the hand, hand’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500same form
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘palm’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentpalmitadiminutive of palma
- Englishearliest quotation 1818same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*pl̥h₂meh₂reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*palamāreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalma‘palm of the hand, hand’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500same form
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘palm’
- Spanish, derivedc. 1500–presentpalmitadiminutive of palma
- Englishearliest quotation 1818same form
Earliest quotation: 1818, Alexander Gillespie, Gleanings and remarks: “A house was soon observed at a distance among…”
Linked words
through Latin palma ‘palm of the hand, hand’
palmer, parma, napalm, palmar, 6 more
through Spanish palma ‘palm’
Today it means
noun The European fan palm, a dwarf palm in the genus Chamaerops.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂ / palmita