caecum的词源

英文词源

caecum (n.)

1721, from Latin intestinum caecum "blind gut," from neuter of caecus "blind, hidden," from Proto-Italic *kaiko-, from PIE *kehi-ko- "one-eyed," cognate with Old Irish ca'ech "one-eyed," coeg "empty," Welsh coeg-dall, Old Cornish cuic "one-eyed;" Gothic haihs "one-eyed, blind." So called for being prolonged into a cul-de-sac.

中文词源

caecum：盲肠

来自词根caec, 盲的。词源同caecigenus(生下来就瞎的), excaeco(弄瞎)。

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