Where does “cego” come from?
cego (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese cego, from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos.
cego (Galician): blind; blind man
Ancestry of “cego”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Portuguese | cego | blind |
| 2 | Latin | caecus | blind; invisible |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | kaikos | blind |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | *kéh₂ikos | — |
Words derived from “cego”