palm – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to palm off sb
Participle: palmed off sb
Gerund: palming off sb

Cognates

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Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	palm off sb
we	Let's palm off sb
you	palm off sb

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. "flat of the hand," c.1300, from O.Fr. palme, from L. palma "palm of the hand," from PIE *pela- "to spread out, flat" (cf. Gk. palame "open hand," O.Ir. lam, Welsh llaw O.E. folm, O.H.G. folma "hand," Skt. panih "hand, hoof"). To palm (something) off is from 1822; earlier simply to palm "impose (something) on (someone)" (1679). Palm oil is earlier in the punning sense of "bribe" (c.1627) than in the literal sense of "oil from the fruit of the W.African palm" (1705, from palm (2)).
2. From Middle English palme, paume, from Old French palme, paulme, paume (“palm of the hand, ball, tennis”), from Latin palma (“palm of the hand, hand-breadth”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂(e)meh₂ (“palm of the hand”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat”). Doublet of palmo, palma, and pam. Cognate with Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm of the hand”), Old English folm (“palm of the hand”), Old Irish lám (“hand”).

Verbs referencing "palm"

French paumer, Norwegian, nynorsk pelma.

Sample Sentences