Cecil
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin Caecilius, a Roman family name derived from caecus (“blind”). The surname has absorbed the Old Welsh given name Seisyllt, from Latin Sextilius, from Sextus.
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Cecil
- A male given name.
- 1968 Ivan Southall, Let the Balloon Go, Methuen, page 91:
- John Sumner always called him "Sissy" but other kids called him Cecil or See-sal or Weasil. He didn't mind anything except "Sissy". Every time he heard it he saw red.
- 1968 Ivan Southall, Let the Balloon Go, Methuen, page 91:
- A surname.
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Translations[edit]
male given name