Where does “vocabolarista” come from?
vocabolarista (Italian) comes from Italian vocabolario, 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 — to speak, to sound out.
vocabolarista (Italian): lexicographer
Definitions
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Ancestry of “vocabolarista”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | vocabolario | vocabulary, lexicon; dictionary |
| 2 | Late Latin | vocabularium | dictionary”, “vocabulary; vocabulary, dictionary,... |
| 3 | Latin | vocabulum | designation, name, expression |
| 4 | Latin | vocare | present active infinitive of vocō; second-person... |
| 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 |