Where does “āvocō” come from?
āvocō (Latin) comes from English avocate, from Latin avoco, 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.
Ancestry of “āvocō”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | avocate | To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to... |
| 2 | Latin | avoco | I call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove,... |
| 3 | Latin | voco | I call, summon, beckon; I name, designate; I... |
| 4 | Latin | vox | voice; accent; speech, remark, expression, ... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |