English
exoculate
Exoculate comes from Latin exoculō ‘to remove the eyes’, from oculus ‘eye’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *okʷ(e)los.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*okʷ(e)losreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculus‘eye’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculō‘to furnish with eyes, to make to see’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoculō‘to remove the eyes’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoculātusperfect passive participle of exoculō
- Englishtodayexoculate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*okʷ(e)losreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculus‘eye’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEoculō‘to furnish with eyes, to make to see’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoculō‘to remove the eyes’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexoculātusperfect passive participle of exoculō
- Englishtodayexoculate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ- ‘to see’
eye, anthropology, optics, ogle, synoptic, awk, anthropoid, 37 more
through Latin oculus ‘eye’
oculus, monocle, ocular, doily, inoculation, inoculate, 15 more
Today it means
verb To deprive of eyes; blind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *okʷ(e)los / exoculate