Etymology

vocation

vo·ca·tion
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Today it means: A divine calling to establish one's lifestyle. Full definition →

Middle English vocacioun ← Old French vocation ← Latin vocātiōnem
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*wekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wokʷ-
  3. Latinvocō
  4. Latinvocātiōnem
  5. Old Frenchvocation
  6. Middle Englishvocacioun
  7. English todayvocation

From Middle English vocacioun, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō.

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