Etymology

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Today it means: To pronounce a sound with little or no vibration of the vocal cords, especially a sound that is normally pronounced with such vibration (i.e. a voiced sound). Full definition →

English voice ← Middle English voys ← Anglo-Norman voiz
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  9. Proto-Italic*wōks
  10. Latinvōcem
  11. Anglo-Normanvoiz
  12. Middle Englishvoys
  13. Englishvoice
  14. English todaydevoice

From de- + voice.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.