Etymology

palmette

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Today it means: A motif in decorative art resembling the fan-shaped leaves of a palm tree. Full definition →

French palmette
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  1. French · borrowed frompalmette
  2. English todaypalmette

From French palmette. By surface analysis, palm + -ette.

Words from the same roots

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pelmet

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