Reconstruction:Latin/vocicare
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom vocō (“call”) + -icāre (frequentative ending), with early syncope of /ĭ/.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit*vocicāre (Proto-Gallo-Romance)
- to call
Reconstruction notes
editAttested in French from ca. 1050 (Vie de saint Alexis) and Occitan from 1102.[1]
Descendants
editReferences
edit- ^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “vocare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 14: U–Z, page 588