Where does “occaecare” come from?

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

occaecare (Latin): present active infinitive of occaecō;...

Definitions

  1. present active infinitive of occaecō;...

Ancestry of “occaecare”, step by step

occaecare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin caecare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaecarepresent active infinitive of caecō; second-person...
2LatincaecoI blind; I obscure; dative masculine singular of...
3Latincaecusblind; invisible
4Proto-Italickaikosblind
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikosone-eyed, blind

via Latin ob

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinobin the direction of, to, towards; on account of,...
2Proto-Italic*optowards

Words derived from “occaecare”

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