Where does “univoc” come from?
univoc (Romanian) comes from French univoque, from Late Latin univocus, from Latin -vocus, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
univoc (Romanian): unambiguous
Definitions
- unambiguous
Ancestry of “univoc”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | univoque | unambiguous; univocal |
| 2 | Late Latin | univocus | univocal, unambiguous |
| 3 | Latin | -vocus | Forms adjectives that denote meaning |
| 4 | Latin | -us | suffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,... |
| 5 | Old Latin | -os | accusative masculine plural of -us |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -os | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |