Where does “vouchsafer” come from?
vouchsafer (English) comes from English vouchsafe, from English vouch, from Middle English vouchen, from Old French vochier, from Vulgar Latin *vocico, from Latin vocō, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks — to speak, to sound out.
vouchsafer (English): One who vouchsafes
Definitions
- One who vouchsafes
Ancestry of “vouchsafer”, step by step
vouchsafer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English vouchsafe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | vouchsafe | To graciously give, to condescendingly grant a... |
| 2 | English | vouch | To take responsibility for; to express confidence... |
| 3 | Middle English | vouchen | — |
| 4 | Old French | vochier | to call; to summon; to claim; to denounce |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *vocico | — |
| 6 | Latin | vocō | to call, summon, beckon (with one's voice) |
| 7 | Latin | vōx | voice |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |