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Where does “vocativo” come from?

vocativo (Italian) comes from Latin vocātīvus, from Latin vocō, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vocativo (Italian): vocative; vocative, vocative case

Definitions

  1. vocative; vocative, vocative case

Ancestry of “vocativo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvocātīvus—
2Latinvocō—
3Latinvōx—
4Proto-Italicwōksvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “vocativo”

  • vocative
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →