Etymology of the English word provoked
the English word
provokedderived from 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
*perUsage
Word found in Modern English