Where does “palpebra” come from?

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

palpebra (Latin): eyelid; eyelashes

Definitions

  1. eyelid; eyelashes

Ancestry of “palpebra”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpalpōto touch softly, stroke, pat
2Latin-ōsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
3Proto-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 →