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Where does “excaecandus” come from?

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

excaecandus (Latin): which is to be blinded

Definitions

  1. which is to be blinded

Ancestry of “excaecandus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinexcaecoI blind; I confuse, hide or obscure
2Latincaecō—
3Latincaecusblind; invisible
4Proto-Italickaikosblind
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikos—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ikos →