Where does “vocare” come from?

vocare (Italian) comes from Latin vocāre, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vocare (Italian): to call, name; to invoke

Definitions

  1. to call, name; to invoke

Ancestry of “vocare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvocāre
2Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-Every word from Latin vocāre
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