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Where does “palpebra” come from?

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

palpebra (Italian): eyelid

Definitions

  1. eyelid

Ancestry of “palpebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalpebraeyelid; eyelashes
2Latinpalpō—
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ō →