The story
- Latin · derived frompalpebra“an eyelid”
- New Latin · borrowed frompalpebratus“eyebrowed”
- English todaypalpebrate
From New Latin palpebratus (“eyebrowed”), from Latin palpebra (“an eyelid”) + -atus.
Words from the same roots
Latinpalpebra all →
palpebra
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.