Etymology of the Latin word provocare
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
*perDerivations in Latin
provocatus,
provocans,
provocativus,
provocatumDerivations in other languages
English
provoke, French
provoquer, Italian
provocare, Portuguese
provocar, Spanish
provocarCognates
Dutch
provoceren, English
provoke, French
provoquer, German
provozieren, Italian
provocare, Lithuanian
provokuoti, Norwegian
provosere, Swedish
provocera
