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Where does “excaecatus” come from?

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

excaecatus (Latin): blinded; confused, hidden, obscured

Definitions

  1. blinded; confused, hidden, obscured

Ancestry of “excaecatus”, step by step

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