English
evocate
Evocate comes from Latin ēvocō ‘to summon, to call out, to call forth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō‘to call, summon, beckon’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvocōas ēvocāre‘to summon, to call out, to call forth’
- Englishtodayevocate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō‘to call, summon, beckon’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEēvocōas ēvocāre‘to summon, to call out, to call forth’
- Englishtodayevocate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-
vocabulary, convocation, revocation, 20 more
through Latin vocō ‘to call, summon, beckon’
invite, invitation, vie, provoke, advocate, invoke, vocational, vouch, provocative, provocation, vocation, irrevocable, provocateur, revocable, 29 more
through Latin ēvocō ‘to summon, to call out, to call forth’
Today it means
verb To evoke
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ- / evocate