palmetto
English
noun
Definitions
- Any member of either of two closely related genera of New World palms, of the family Arecaceae:
- A hat made of palmetto leaves.
- A native or resident of the US state of South Carolina.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish, Castilian palmito derived from Latin palma (palm tree, palm of the hand, hand, branch, palm, palm-tree, date, palm-branch, hand-breadth).
Origin
Latin
palma
Gloss
palm tree, palm of the hand, hand, branch, palm, palm-tree, date, palm-branch, hand-breadth
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
枝
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- palm English
- palmigrade English
- palma Latin
- palmaris Latin
- palmarius Latin
- palmetum Latin
- palmifer Latin
- palmiger Latin
- palmosus Latin
- palmula Latin
- pálma Hungarian
- palma Italian
- palme French
- па́льма Russian
- пальма Russian
- palmito Spanish, Castilian
- palmotear Spanish, Castilian
- *pl̥h₂meh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- palme Norwegian Bokmål
- palme Norwegian Nynorsk
- palm Old English
- palmi Old Norse
- palme Old French
- paume Old French
- palma Catalan, Valencian
- palmă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- palme Norman
- palma Old Dutch
- palma Old Portuguese
- palmã Aromanian
- *pəlmā Proto-Italic
- palma Asturian
- palme Friulian
- palma Old Spanish
- puolma Dalmatian