Where does “vocabulaire” come from?
vocabulaire (Dutch) comes from French vocabulaire, from Late Latin vocabularium, from Latin vocabulum, from Latin vocare, from Latin voco, from Latin vox, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs — to speak, to sound out.
vocabulaire (Dutch): vocabulary; vocabulary list, word list
Definitions
- vocabulary; vocabulary list, word list
Ancestry of “vocabulaire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | vocabulaire | vocabulary |
| 2 | Late Latin | vocabularium | dictionary”, “vocabulary; vocabulary, dictionary,... |
| 3 | Latin | vocabulum | designation, name, expression |
| 4 | Latin | vocare | present active infinitive of vocō; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | voco | I call, summon, beckon; I name, designate; I... |
| 6 | Latin | vox | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |