Where does “parpellejar” come from?
parpellejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan parpella, from Latin palpebra, from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
parpellejar (Catalan): to blink
Definitions
- to blink
Ancestry of “parpellejar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | parpella | eyelid |
| 2 | Latin | palpebra | eyelid; eyelashes |
| 3 | Latin | palpō | to touch softly, stroke, pat |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |