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Where does “vocecita” come from?

vocecita (Spanish) comes from Spanish voz, from Old Spanish voz, from Latin vōx, from Proto-Italic wōks, from Proto-Indo-European wṓkʷs, from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- — to speak, to sound out.

vocecita (Spanish): Diminutive of voz

Definitions

  1. Diminutive of voz

Ancestry of “vocecita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvozvoice; term; word
2Old Spanishvoz—
3Latinvōx—
4Proto-Italicwōksvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwṓkʷsvoice, speech
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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