Etymology

polyvocally

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Today it means: In a polyvocal manner; with more than one voice. Full definition →

English polyvocal ← Middle English vocal ← Latin vōcālis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  7. Proto-Italic*wōks
  8. Latinvōx
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latinvōcālis
  12. Middle Englishvocal
  13. Englishvocal
  14. Englishpolyvocal
  15. English todaypolyvocally

From polyvocal + -ly.

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