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Where does “vouel” come from?

vouel (Old French) comes from Old French voyeul, from Latin vōcālis, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vouel (Old French): Alternative form of voyeul

Definitions

  1. Alternative form of voyeul

Ancestry of “vouel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvoyeulvowel
2Latinvōcālis—
3Latinvōx—
4Proto-Italicwōksvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “vouel”

  • vowel
  • semivowel
  • vowelled
  • vowelless
  • vowelling
  • vowelly
  • vowellessness
  • vowelish
  • vowelize
  • vowelism
  • vowelhood
  • tense vowel
  • lax vowel
  • vowelise
  • voyelle
  • vowell
  • vouoyelle
  • vouel
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