Etymology

palmoscopy

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Ancient Greek παλμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαλμός“quivering motion”
  2. English todaypalmoscopy

From Ancient Greek παλμός (palmós, “quivering motion”) + -scopy. By surface analysis, palmo- + -scopy.

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