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Where does “vouch” come from?

Vouch comes from Middle English vouchen, from Old French voucher, from Latin vocare meaning "to call," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-.

vouch (English): To take responsibility for; to express confidence...

Definitions

  1. To take responsibility for; to express confidence...

Ancestry of “vouch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishvouchen—
2Old Frenchvochierto call; to summon; to claim; to denounce
3Vulgar Latin*vocico—
4Latinvocō—
5Latinvōx—
6Proto-Italicwōksvoice
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “vouch”

  • voucher
  • vouchsafe
  • vouchee
  • vouchsafeth
  • vouchsafest
  • vouchsafement
  • voucheth
  • antivoucher
  • vouchment
  • vouchsafer
  • misvouch
  • e-voucher
  • vouchest
  • disvouch
  • voucherless
  • voucher
  • ваучер
  • boca
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