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Where does “vocio” come from?

vocio (Italian) comes from Italian vociare, from Italian voce, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vocio (Italian): shouting, vociferation; chatter; first-person...

Definitions

  1. shouting, vociferation; chatter; first-person...

Ancestry of “vocio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianvociareto speak too loudly, often rudely; to shout; loud...
2Italianvocevoice; sound an animal makes; article
3Latinvōx—
4Proto-Italicwōksvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →