Where does “avocans” come from?
avocans (Latin) comes from Latin āvocō, 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.
avocans (Latin): diverting
Definitions
- diverting
Ancestry of “avocans”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | āvocō | to call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove, separate, turn |
| 2 | English | avocate | To call off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to... |
| 3 | Latin | avoco | I call off or away, withdraw, divert, remove,... |
| 4 | Latin | voco | I call, summon, beckon; I name, designate; I... |
| 5 | Latin | vox | voice |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wōks | voice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wṓkʷs | voice, speech |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wekʷ- | to speak, to sound out |