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Where does “caecare” come from?

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

Ancestry of “caecare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaecusblind; invisible
2Proto-Italickaikosblind
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →