English
palpon
Palpon comes from Latin palpus ‘feeler’, and goes back to palpō ‘to stroke, touch softly, feel’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalpō‘to stroke, touch softly, feel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalpus‘feeler’
- Englishtodaypalpon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalpō‘to stroke, touch softly, feel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalpus‘feeler’
- Englishtodaypalpon
Formed from palpus + -on
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to drive, swing, shake’
film, felt, simple, simply, push, filter, complain, fold, pulse, powder, pillow, repeal, flaw, compulsive, expel, pollen, repel, propel, pelt, palate, palatable, wallow, peloton, tuple, pall, muffle, pollinate, peplum, pulver, apoplexy, pillion, palatal, interpolate, 63 more
through Ancient Greek πάλλω ‘swing, shake, shake loose’
through Latin palpō ‘to stroke, touch softly, feel’
Today it means
noun A dactylozooid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin palpō / palpon