Where does “vocatif” come from?

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

vocatif (Middle French): the vocative case

Definitions

  1. the vocative case

Ancestry of “vocatif”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinvocātīvusof or belonging to calling, vocative
2Latinvocōto call, summon, beckon (with one's voice)
3Latinvōxvoice
4Proto-Italicwōksvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “vocatif”

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