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paume

/pom/

noun, feminine/pom/plural: paumes

palm (of the hand); ellipsis of jeu de paume (“real tennis”)

From Middle French paulme, from Old French paume, palme, from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂. Doublet of palme (“palm leaf”).

paume — French Dictionary | Passage