Where does “vocatif” come from?

vocatif (French) comes from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus, 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.

vocatif (French): vocative, vocative case

Definitions

  1. vocative, vocative case

Ancestry of “vocatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchvocatifthe vocative case
2Latinvocātīvusof or belonging to calling, vocative
3Latinvocōto call, summon, beckon (with one's voice)
4Latinvōxvoice
5Proto-Italicwōksvoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “vocatif”

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