Etymology

subvocalize

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Today it means: To form (words or statements) in thought and express them inwardly without uttering them aloud. Full definition →

English vocalize ← Middle English vocal ← Latin vōcālis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  8. Proto-Italic*wōks
  9. Latinvōx
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Latinvōcālis
  13. Middle Englishvocal
  14. Englishvocal
  15. Englishvocalize
  16. English todaysubvocalize

From sub- + vocalize.

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