Where does “voix” come from?

voix (Middle French) comes from Old French voiz, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

voix (Middle French): voice

Definitions

  1. voice

Ancestry of “voix”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvoizvoice
2Latinvōxvoice
3Proto-Italicwōksvoice
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “voix”

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