Where does “paupière” come from?

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

paupière (French): eyelid

Definitions

  1. eyelid

Ancestry of “paupière”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalpetra—
2Latinpalpebraeyelid; eyelashes
3Latinpalpōto touch softly, stroke, pat
4Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
5Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →Every word from Latin -ō →Every word from Latin palpō →