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 *kéh₂ikosEvery word from Proto-Italic kaikosEvery word from Latin caecus
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