A French or archaic English word meaning blind or without sight.
From Old French 'aveugle,' derived from Latin 'ab' (without) and 'oculeus' (eye), literally meaning 'without eyes.' This Latin root also gives us modern words like 'ocular' and 'binocular.'
This word shows how medieval languages literally combined 'without' and 'eye' to describe blindness, which is much more poetic than our modern abstract use of the word—you can almost see the Latin construction happening right in front of you.
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