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Where does “wókʷs” come from?

wókʷs (Proto-Hellenic) comes from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

Ancestry of “wókʷs”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

Words derived from “wókʷs”

  • optical
  • optic
  • optics
  • optically
  • Calliope
  • fiberoptic
  • optician
  • necropsy
  • preoptic
  • optometrist
  • optoelectronic
  • panoptic
  • optometry
  • calliope
  • optokinetic
  • optoelectronics
  • supraoptic
  • panopticism
  • electrooptic
  • optocoupler
  • optomechanical
  • entoptic
  • optode
  • electrooptical
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