Where does “aveuglement volontaire” come from?
aveuglement volontaire (French) comes from French aveuglement, from French aveugle, from French aveugler, from French aveuglé, from Middle French aveugle, from Old French avogle, from Latin ab oculis, from Gaulish exsops — out; from, out of.
aveuglement volontaire (French): willful ignorance
Definitions
- willful ignorance
Ancestry of “aveuglement volontaire”, step by step
aveuglement volontaire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French aveuglement
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | aveuglement | blindness |
| 2 | French | aveugle | Unable to see; blind; A blind man or woman;... |
| 3 | French | aveugler | to blind |
| 4 | French | aveuglé | past participle of aveugler; blinded |
| 5 | Middle French | aveugle | — |
| 6 | Old French | avogle | blind; blind person; inflection of avogler: ##... |
| 7 | Latin | ab oculis | blind |
| 8 | Gaulish | exsops | eyeless, blind |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | exs- | out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵʰs | out; from, out of |
via French volontaire
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | volontaire | voluntary, deliberate; volunteer; determined |
| 2 | Middle French | voluntaire | willingly; voluntary; of one's own accord |
| 3 | Old French | voluntaire | — |
| 4 | Latin | voluntārius | volunteer |
| 5 | Latin | voluntās | will, free will, choice |
| 6 | Latin | velle | present active infinitive of volō; wish, intend;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | welō | to want, will |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₁- | to choose; to want |