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Where does “voveo” come from?

voveo (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁wegʷʰ- — to promise, to vow; to praise.

Ancestry of “voveo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁wegʷʰ-to promise, to vow; to praise
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