Where does “cegamente” come from?

cegamente (Galician) comes from Galician cego, from Old Portuguese cego, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos — one-eyed, blind.

cegamente (Galician): blindly

Definitions

  1. blindly

Ancestry of “cegamente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciancegoblind; blind man
2Old Portuguesecegoblind
3Latincaecusblind; invisible
4Proto-Italickaikosblind
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikosone-eyed, blind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →Every word from Proto-Italic kaikos →Every word from Latin caecus →