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Where does “Wojcik” come from?

Wojcik (Polish) comes from Polish wójt, from German Vogt, from Middle High German voget, from Old High German fogat, from Latin vocātus, from Classical Latin advocatus, from Latin advoco, from Latin ad- — in.

Ancestry of “Wojcik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishwójtgovernment clerk; overlord of a rural commune;...
2GermanVogtsteward
3Middle High Germanvoget—
4Old High Germanfogat—
5Latinvocātus—
6Classical LatinadvocatusOne called to aid; advocate, attendant; witness,...
7LatinadvocoI call, invite or summon someone to a place,...
8Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “Wojcik”

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