Etymology of the English word provoke
the English word
provokederived from the Latin word
provocare (call forth; challenge; provoke)
derived from the Latin word
vocare (call, summon; name)
derived from the Late Latin word
vox (voice, tone, expression)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*wekʷ-derived from the New Latin word
pro-using the Greek prefix
pro-, προ- (before)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perDate
The earliest known usage of provoke in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
provoking,
provokedCognates
Dutch
provoceren, French
provoquer, German
provozieren, Italian
provocare, Latin
provocare, Lithuanian
provokuoti, Norwegian
provosere, Swedish
provoceraUsage
Word found in Modern English
