Where does “vox” come from?

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

vox (Latin): voice

Definitions

  1. voice

Ancestry of “vox”, step by step

vox traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Italic wōks

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

via Proto-Indo-European wōkʷs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwōkʷsspeech, voice

Words derived from “vox”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →