Where does “revoking” come from?

Revoking derives from Middle French révoquer, from Latin revocare, combining Latin re- (back) and vox (voice), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer- (to speak).

revoking (English): present participle of revoke

Definitions

  1. present participle of revoke

Ancestry of “revoking”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishrevokeTo cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or...
2Middle Frenchrévoquer—
3Latinrevocāre—

Words derived from “revoking”

Every word from Latin revocāre →Every word from Middle French révoquer →Every word from English revoke →