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Where does “cieco” come from?

cieco (Italian) comes from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos.

cieco (Italian): blind; blind person

Definitions

  1. blind; blind person

Ancestry of “cieco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaecusblind; invisible
2Proto-Italickaikosblind
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikos—

Words derived from “cieco”

  • accecatore
  • accecamento
  • accecare
  • ciecamente
  • accecatoio
  • accecatura
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →