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Where does “voz” come from?

voz (Spanish) comes 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.

voz (Spanish): voice; term; word

Definitions

  1. voice; term; word

Ancestry of “voz”, step by step

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

Words derived from “voz”

  • vocecita
  • portavocía
  • portavoz
  • altavoz
  • vocear
  • vocero
  • boz
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