Where does “voĉkordo” come from?

voĉkordo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto voĉo, from Italian voce, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

voĉkordo (Esperanto): vocal cord

Definitions

  1. vocal cord

Ancestry of “voĉkordo”, step by step

voĉkordo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto voĉo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantovoĉovoice; vote
2Italianvocevoice; sound an animal makes; article
3Latinvōxvoice
4Proto-Italicwōksvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Esperanto kordo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokordostring; vocal cord
2Latinchordacord, string; tripe, intestine; catgut
3Ancient Greekχορδήguts, intestines; string made of gut; string,...
4Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰerH-bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōks →