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Where does “wekʷ-os” come from?

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

Ancestry of “wekʷ-os”, step by step

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

Words derived from “wekʷ-os”

  • unequivocal
  • unequivocally
  • equivocal
  • univocal
  • equivocate
  • equivocally
  • univocally
  • equivocality
  • equivoque
  • univocality
  • equivocator
  • equivocalness
  • unequivocalness
  • nonunivocal
  • univocalness
  • aequivocus
  • aequivocatus
  • -vocus
  • aequivoco
  • univocus
  • aequivocare
  • unívoco
  • equivocar
  • equivocadamente
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