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Where does “sordociego” come from?

sordociego (Spanish) comes from Spanish sordo, from Old Spanish sordo, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

sordociego (Spanish): deafblind; a deafblind person

Definitions

  1. deafblind; a deafblind person

Ancestry of “sordociego”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishsordodeaf; dull, muted; voiceless
2Old Spanishsordo—
3Latinsurdusdeaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
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