Where does “avocato” come from?
avocato (Italian) comes from Italian avocare, from Latin āvocō, from English avocate, from Latin avoco, from Latin voco, from Latin vox, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs — to speak, to sound out.
avocato (Italian): past participle of avocare
Definitions
- past participle of avocare
Ancestry of “avocato”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | avocare | to call up something under certiorari; to... |
| 2 | Latin | āvocō | to call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove, separate, turn |
| 3 | English | avocate | To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to... |
| 4 | Latin | avoco | I call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove,... |
| 5 | Latin | voco | I call, summon, beckon; I name, designate; I... |
| 6 | Latin | vox | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |