Where does “occecation” come from?
occecation (English) comes from Latin occaecatio, from Latin occaecare, from Latin caecare, from Latin caeco, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos — one-eyed, blind.
occecation (English): The act of making blind, or the state of being...
Definitions
- The act of making blind, or the state of being...
Ancestry of “occecation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | occaecatio | — |
| 2 | Latin | occaecare | present active infinitive of occaecō;... |
| 3 | Latin | caecare | present active infinitive of caecō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | caeco | I blind; I obscure; dative masculine singular of... |
| 5 | Latin | caecus | blind; invisible |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kaikos | blind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ikos | one-eyed, blind |