Proto-Indo-European

*wṓkʷs

‘speech, voice’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs.

40 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs, most familiar first.

• voice ← voiz ← vōcem ← vōx ← *wōks
• invite ← inviter ← invītō ← invocō ← vocō
• vocal ← vōcālis ← vōx ← *wōks
• invitation ← invitacioun ← invītātio ← invito ← invocō
• vocalist ← vocal ← vocal ← vōcālis ← vōx
• vie ← envien ← envier ← invītō ← invocō
• invoke ← *invoken ← envoquer ← invocāre ← vocō
• vox ← *wōks
• vouch ← vouchen ← vocher ← *vocicāre ← voco
• invocation ← invocacioun ← invocacion ← invocatio ← invocō
• vocally ← vocal ← vocal ← vōcālis ← vōx
• voiceless ← voice ← voys ← voiz ← vōcem

More words from *wṓkʷs

• vociferous
• vocalize
• avocation
• vocative
• convoke
• vocalism
• subvocal
• vocality
• advoke
• advocatrix
• audiovocal
• avocate
• avoke
• bivocal
• devoice
• devocation
• invocatory
• monovocal
• nonvocal
• nonvoice
• polyvocal
• unvocal
• verbivocovisual
• vocalese
• vocalis
• vocalness
• vocule
• voicelet

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs