Where does “voys” come from?

voys (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman voiz, from Latin vocem, from Latin vox, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

voys (Middle English): A voice; the sound a human or other speaking...

Definitions

  1. A voice; the sound a human or other speaking...

Ancestry of “voys”, step by step

voys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman voiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanvoizvoice
2Latinvocemaccusative singular of vōx; first-person singular...
3Latinvoxvoice
4Proto-Italicwōksvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via Old French voiz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvoizvoice
2Latinvōxvoice

Words derived from “voys”

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