Where does “évocation” come from?
évocation (French) comes from Latin evocatio, from Latin ēvocō, from Latin vocō, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
évocation (French): evocation
Ancestry of “évocation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | evocatio | invitation, calling; singular vocative of... |
| 2 | Latin | ēvocō | — |
| 3 | Latin | vocō | — |
| 4 | Latin | vōx | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |