Etymology

unvocal

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Today it means: Not vocal. Full definition →

English vocal ← Middle English vocal ← Latin vōcālis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  10. Proto-Italic*wōks
  11. Latinvōx
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Latinvōcālis
  15. Middle Englishvocal
  16. Englishvocal
  17. English todayunvocal

From un- + vocal.

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