Where does “palpebra” come from?

palpebra (English) comes from Latin palpebra, from Latin palpō, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

palpebra (English): The eyelid

Definitions

  1. The eyelid

Ancestry of “palpebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalpebraeyelid; eyelashes
2Latinpalpōto touch softly, stroke, pat
3Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “palpebra”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin palpō →
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