Where does “cegar” come from?

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

cegar (Portuguese): to blind, to cause blindness

Definitions

  1. to blind, to cause blindness

Ancestry of “cegar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portuguesecegar—
2LatincaecoI blind; I obscure; dative masculine singular of...
3Latincaecusblind; invisible
4Proto-Italickaikosblind
5Proto-Indo-European*kéh₂ikosone-eyed, blind

Words derived from “cegar”

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