Where does “avèg” come from?

avèg (Antillean Creole) comes from French aveuglé, from Middle French aveugle, from Old French avogle, from Latin ab oculis, from Gaulish exsops, from Proto-Celtic exs-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵʰs — out; from, out of.

avèg (Antillean Creole): blind

Definitions

  1. blind

Ancestry of “avèg”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaveuglépast participle of aveugler; blinded
2Middle Frenchaveugle—
3Old Frenchavogleblind; blind person; inflection of avogler: ##...
4Latinab oculisblind
5Gaulishexsopseyeless, blind
6Proto-Celticexs-out
7Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵʰsout; from, out of
Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵʰs →Every word from Proto-Celtic exs- →Every word from Gaulish exsops →