Reconstruction:Latin/vocicare

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

From vocō (“call”) +‎ -icāre (frequentative ending), with early syncope of /ĭ/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /voˈkaːr/

Verb

*vocicāre (Proto-Gallo-Romance)

to call

Reconstruction notes

Attested in French from ca. 1050 (Vie de saint Alexis) and Occitan from 1102.^[1]

Descendants

Old French: vochier, vocer, vouker, vougier, vogier
- Middle French: voquer
- Norman: voucher
- Picard: veucher
- → Middle English: vouchen
  - English: vouch
⇒ Old Occitan: vocatda

References

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vocare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 588

[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vocare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 14: U–Z, page 588

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