Etymology

vote

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Today it means: A formalized choice on legally relevant measures such as employment or appointment to office or a proceeding about a legal dispute. Full definition →

Latin vōtum ← Proto-Italic *wowitos ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁wogʷʰéyeti
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vote · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wegʷʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁wogʷʰéyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*woɣʷeō
  4. Proto-Italic*woɣʷetos
  5. Proto-Italic*wowitos
  6. Latinvōtus
  7. Latinvōtum
  8. English todayvote

From Latin vōtum, a form of voveō (“to vow”) (cognate with Ancient Greek εὔχομαι (eúkhomai, “to vow”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wegʷʰ- (“to promise, to vow”). Doublet of vow.

Vote · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*wagjazbor.?
  3. Proto-Finnic*vakja
  4. Voticvadʹdʹõ?
  5. Voticvadʹdʹa
  6. GermanWote
  7. English todayVote

From German Wote, ultimately from Votic vadʹdʹa, vadʹdʹalain (“Votian”). Compare Estonian vadjalane.

Words from the same roots

Latinvōtum all →

vow

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