Etymograph

English

convocation

Convocation comes from Latin convocatio ‘assembly, convocation, rallying’, from convocō ‘to summon’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocō1‘to call, summon, invoke’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvocō2‘to summon’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvocatio3as convocatio‘assembly, convocation, rallying’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400convocation3
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500convocacioun3
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2015convocation3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin convoco
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin convocatio
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English convocation
  4. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Prasenjeet Kumar: “A convocation of eagles noticed that the young bird…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wokʷ-Wiktionary, Latin convocoreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvocōWiktionary, Latin convoco‘to call, summon, invoke’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvocōWiktionary, Latin convocatio‘to summon’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEconvocatioWiktionary, English convocationas convocatio‘assembly, convocation, rallying’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400convocationWiktionary, English convocation
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500convocaciounWiktionary, English convocation
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2015convocationWiktionary, English convocation. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2015, Prasenjeet Kumar: “A convocation of eagles noticed that the young bird…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-

vocabulary, 22 more

through Latin vocō ‘to call, summon, invoke’

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

Today it means

noun The act of calling or assembling by summons.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “convocation”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin convoco, Latin convocatio. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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

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