Etymology

vocalise

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Today it means: A vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels without actually forming any words. Full definition →

English vocal ← Middle English vocal ← Latin vōcālis
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vocalise · verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wṓkʷs
  3. Proto-Italic*wōks
  4. Latinvōx
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Latinvōcālis
  8. Middle Englishvocal
  9. Englishvocal
  10. English todayvocalise

From vocal + -ise.

vocalise · noun2

  1. French · borrowed from-
  2. French · borrowed from-
  3. English todayvocalise

Borrowed from French.

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