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Where does “aveuglement” come from?

aveuglement (French) comes from French aveugler, 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.

aveuglement (French): blindly

Definitions

  1. blindly

Ancestry of “aveuglement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchaveuglerto blind
2Frenchaveuglépast participle of aveugler; blinded
3Middle Frenchaveugle—
4Old Frenchavogleblind; blind person; inflection of avogler: ##...
5Latinab oculisblind
6Gaulishexsops—
7Proto-Celticexs-out
8Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵʰsout; from, out of
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