Proto-Indo-European

*wekʷ-

‘to speak’

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

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

• voice ← voiz ← vōcem ← vōx ← *wōks
• epic ← épique ← epicus ← ἐπικός ← ἔπος
• invite ← inviter ← invītō ← invocō ← vocō
• vocal ← vōcālis ← vōx ← *wōks ← *wṓkʷs
• invitation ← invitacioun ← invītātio ← invito ← invocō
• vocalist ← vocal ← vocal ← vōcālis ← vōx
• vie ← envien ← envier ← invītō ← invocō
• invoke ← *invoken ← envoquer ← invocāre ← vocō
• vox ← *wōks ← *wṓkʷs
• wight ← wiht ← *wihti ← *wihtiz ← *wekti-
• whit ← wiȝt ← wiht ← *wihtą ← *wekti-
• vouch ← vouchen ← vocher ← *vocicāre ← voco

More words from *wekʷ-

• invocation
• vocally
• voiceless
• vociferous
• vocalize
• epos
• avocation
• vocative
• convoke
• vocalism
• subvocal
• vocality
• advoke
• advocatrix
• audiovocal
• avocate
• avoke
• bivocal
• devoice
• devocation
• epyllion
• epeolatry
• invocate
• invocatory
• monovocal
• nepionic
• nonvocal
• nonvoice
• polyvocal
• unvocal
• verbivocovisual
• vocalese
• vocalis
• vocalness
• vocule
• voicelet

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-