Where does “televoto” come from?
televoto (Italian) comes from Italian voto, from Latin vōtum, from Latin votus, from Latin vovere, from Latin voveo, from Proto-Italic wogʷeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₁wegʷʰ- — to promise, to vow; to praise.
televoto (Italian): phone voting
Ancestry of “televoto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | voto | vow; vote, ballot; mark, grade |
| 2 | Latin | vōtum | — |
| 3 | Latin | votus | vowed, promised; devoted to ; having been vowed |
| 4 | Latin | vovere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | voveo | I vow, promise; I dedicate or devote to a deity;... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wogʷeō | I vow, promise; dedicate or devote to a deity; I... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁wegʷʰ- | to promise, to vow; to praise |