Etymograph

English

advocation

Advocation comes from Latin advocātiō ‘legal assistance’, from advocō ‘to call, invite or summon someone to a place,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō‘to call, summon’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvocō‘to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvocātiō‘legal assistance’
  5. Englishtodayadvocation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō‘to call, summon’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvocō‘to call, invite or summon someone to a place, invoke’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadvocātiō‘legal assistance’
  5. Englishtodayadvocation

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-

vocabulary, 22 more

through Latin vocō ‘to call, summon’

invite, invitation, vie, provoke, invoke, vouch, provocative, vocational, irrevocable, provocation, revocation, invocation, provocateur, convocation, revocable, 28 more

Today it means

noun Advocacy; the act of advocating or pleading.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ- / advocation

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