English
palpebra
Palpebra comes from Latin palpebra ‘an eyelid’, and goes back to palpō ‘to touch softly’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalpō‘to touch softly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalpebra‘an eyelid’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalpō‘to touch softly’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalpebra‘an eyelid’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *pel- ‘to drive, swing, shake’
film, felt, simple, simply, push, filter, powder, complain, fold, pulse, pillow, flaw, pollen, repeal, compulsive, expel, repel, propel, palate, palatable, pelt, wallow, peloton, pall, tuple, pollinate, muffle, apoplexy, pulver, pillion, peplum, interpolate, palatal, 63 more
through Ancient Greek πάλλω ‘swing, shake, shake loose’
through Latin palpō ‘to touch softly’
Today it means
noun An eyelid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin palpō / palpebra