Wordiyopalp
Latintouch, feel, stroke
Variants
palppalpare
About This Root
From Latin palpāre (to touch gently, stroke, feel). Produces palpable (touchable, obvious), impalpable (not able to be felt), and palpitate (to throb or flutter, as a heart 'felt' beating). The root captures both literal touch and the figurative sense of something tangible or evident.