Where does “vocabolario” come from?
vocabolario (Italian) comes from Late Latin vocabularium, from Latin vocabulum, from Latin vocare, from Latin voco, from Latin vox, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.
vocabolario (Italian): vocabulary, lexicon; dictionary
Definitions
- vocabulary, lexicon; dictionary
Ancestry of “vocabolario”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | vocabularium | dictionary”, “vocabulary; vocabulary, dictionary,... |
| 2 | Latin | vocabulum | designation, name, expression |
| 3 | Latin | vocare | present active infinitive of vocō; second-person... |
| 4 | Latin | voco | I call, summon, beckon; I name, designate; I... |
| 5 | Latin | vox | voice; accent; speech, remark, expression, ... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |
Words derived from “vocabolario”