Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To call on (someone) to be a witness to something. · To cite or rely on (an authority, a written work, etc.) in support of one's actions or opinions. · To affirm or warrant the correctness or truth of (something); also, to affirm or warrant (the truth of an assertion or statement). · To bear witness or testify to the nature or qualities (of someone or something).
An assertion, a declaration; also, a formal attestation or warrant of the correctness or truth of something.
The verb is derived from Middle English vouchen (“to call, summon; to provide; to make available, proffer; to affirm, declare formally”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vocher, voucher, woucher, and Old French vocher, voucher, vochier (“to call, summon; to claim; to call upon, invoke; to denounce”) [and other forms], from Vulgar Latin *vocicāre, derived from Latin vocāre (“to call, summon; to call upon, invoke; to designate, name; to bring or put (into a condition or state”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ- (“to sound out; to speak”). Verb sense 8.1 (“to summon (someone) into court to establish a warranty of title to land”) in the form vouch to warrant or vouch to warranty is a calque from Anglo-Norman and Old French voucher a garant. The noun is derived from the verb.
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- Root classification mention*wekʷ-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionvouchenenm · to call, summon; to provide; to make available, proffer; to affirm, declare formally
- Derivation mentionvochierfro · to call, summon; to claim; to call upon, invoke; to denounce
- Derivation mentionvocola · to call, summon; to call upon, invoke; to designate, name; to bring or put (into a condition or state
- Derivation mention*wekʷ-ine-pro · to sound out; to speak
- Calque mentionvoucher a garantfro
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