Where does “vocō” come from?

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

vocō (Latin): to call, summon, beckon (with one's voice)

Definitions

  1. to call, summon, beckon (with one's voice)

Ancestry of “vocō”, step by step

vocō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin vōx

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

via Proto-Indo-European wokʷ-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwokʷ-to utter, speak

Words derived from “vocō”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōks →