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.
cegamente (Galician): blindly
Ancestry of “cegamente”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | cego | blind; blind man |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | cego | blind |
| 3 | Latin | caecus | blind; invisible |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | kaikos | blind |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ikos | — |