Where does “avogle” come from?

avogle (Old French) comes from Latin ab oculis, from Gaulish exsops, from Proto-Celtic exs-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵʰs — out; from, out of.

avogle (Old French): blind; blind person; inflection of avogler: ##...

Definitions

  1. blind; blind person; inflection of avogler: ##...

Ancestry of “avogle”, step by step

avogle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ab oculis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinab oculisblind
2Gaulishexsopseyeless, blind
3Proto-Celticexs-out
4Proto-Indo-Europeaneǵʰsout; from, out of

via Late Latin ab oculis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinab oculiswithout eyes; blind
2Latinorbus ab oculisdeprived of eyes

Words derived from “avogle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European eǵʰs →Every word from Proto-Celtic exs- →Every word from Gaulish exsops →