Where does “voco” come from?

voco (Ido) comes from English voice, from Middle English voys, from Anglo-Norman voiz, from Latin vocem, from Latin vox, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

voco (Ido): voice; expression of opinion

Definitions

  1. voice; expression of opinion

Ancestry of “voco”, step by step

voco traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English voice

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishvoiceSound uttered by the mouth, especially by human...
2Middle EnglishvoysA voice; the sound a human or other speaking...
3Anglo-Normanvoizvoice
4Latinvocemaccusative singular of vōx; first-person singular...
5Latinvoxvoice
6Proto-Italicwōksvoice
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Italian voce

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvocevoice; sound an animal makes; article
2Italian-areUsed, with a stem, to form the infinitive of most...
3Latinsuffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

via French voix

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoixvoice; vote
2Middle Frenchvoixvoice
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷsEvery word from Proto-Italic wōks