myEtymology.com: French etymology of vocatif

Etymology of the French word vocatif

the French word vocatif

derived from the Latin word vocativus (vocative case)

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-

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