Etymology

palmate

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Today it means: Having three or more lobes or veins arising from a common point. Full definition →

Latin palmātus
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palmate · adjective1

  1. Latin · learned borrowing frompalmātus“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”
  2. English todaypalmate

Learned borrowing from Latin palmātus (“hand-shaped, palm-leaf shaped”), from palma (“palm, palm-tree”). Equivalent to palm + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French palmé.

palmate · noun2

From palmic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpalmātus all →

palmatedpalmatilobed

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