Word Origin Summary

*gʷlep- is attested in Proto-Indo-European. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• βλέπω

  Greek · inherited from

• blefaroplastia

  Spanish · derived from

• Ablepharus

  Translingual · derived from

• βλέφαρον

  Ancient Greek · derived from

• βλέπω

  Ancient Greek · derived from

• blepharon

  Latin · borrowed from

• βλέφαρο

  Greek · inherited from

• blepharon

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

• 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
• 🌳Language family tree — trace connections across related languages
• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root