Where does “voi” come from?

voi (Réunion Creole French) comes from French voix, from Middle French voix, from Old French voiz, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

voi (Réunion Creole French): voice

Definitions

  1. voice

Ancestry of “voi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchvoixvoice; vote
2Middle Frenchvoixvoice
3Old Frenchvoizvoice
4Latinvōxvoice
5Proto-Italicwōksvoice
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs →Every word from Proto-Italic wōks →