Where does “voys” come from?

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

Ancestry of “voys”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	vox	voice; accent; speech, remark, expression, ...
2	Proto-Italic	wōks	voice
3	Proto-Indo-European	wṓkʷs	voice, speech
4	Proto-Indo-European	wekʷ-	to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “voys”

voice
voicing
voiceless
voicemail
vocoder
voicelessness
photovoice
voiceful
voiceprint
voicelessly
voicer
voicebox
voiceband
undervoice
voicy
revoice
devoice
nonvoice
voicelike
voicefulness
outvoice
unvoice
voicepipe
voiceable

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