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
- To take responsibility for; to express confidence...
Ancestry of “vouch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | vouchen | — |
| 2 | Old French | vochier | to call; to summon; to claim; to denounce |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *vocico | — |
| 4 | Latin | vocō | to call, summon, beckon (with one's voice) |
| 5 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
Words derived from “vouch”