Where does “exoculate” come from?
exoculate (English) comes from Latin exoculatis, from Latin exoculo, from Latin oculo, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.
exoculate (English): To deprive of eyes; blind
Definitions
- To deprive of eyes; blind
Ancestry of “exoculate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | exoculatis | — |
| 2 | Latin | exoculo | I remove eyes |
| 3 | Latin | oculo | I furnish with eyes, I make to see; I make... |
| 4 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |