Where does “cæcum” come from?

cæcum (French) comes from Latin caecum, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos — one-eyed, blind.

cæcum (French): caecum

Definitions

  1. caecum

Ancestry of “cæcum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaecumnominative neuter singular of caecus
2Latincaecusblind; invisible
3Proto-Italickaikosblind
4Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikosone-eyed, blind

Words derived from “cæcum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →Every word from Proto-Italic kaikos →Every word from Latin caecus →