Where does “vōcīre” come from?

vōcīre (Latin) comes from Latin vōceāre, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Ancestry of “vōcīre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvōceāre
2Latinvōxvoice
3Proto-Italicwōksvoice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “vōcīre

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ-