Where does “voĉo” come from?

voĉo (Esperanto) comes 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.

voĉo (Esperanto): voice; vote

Definitions

  1. voice; vote

Ancestry of “voĉo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “voĉo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōks →