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Where does “sevocation” come from?

sevocation (English) comes from Latin sevocatum, from Latin sevocatus, from Latin sevoco, from Latin vocō, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

sevocation (English): A calling aside

Definitions

  1. A calling aside

Ancestry of “sevocation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsevocatumnominative neuter singular of sēvocātus;...
2Latinsevocatusseparated
3LatinsevocoI call aside or away; I call off, separate,...
4Latinvocō—
5Latinvōx—
6Proto-Italicwōksvoice
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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