Where does “caecum” come from?

caecum (Latin) comes from Latin caecus, from Proto-Italic kaikos, from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos — one-eyed, blind.

caecum (Latin): nominative neuter singular of caecus

Definitions

  1. nominative neuter singular of caecus

Ancestry of “caecum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaecusblind; invisible
2Proto-Italickaikosblind
3Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikosone-eyed, blind

Words derived from “caecum”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →Every word from Proto-Italic kaikos →Every word from Latin caecus →