Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventorySound uttered by the mouth, especially by human beings in speech or song; sound thus uttered considered as possessing some special quality or character. · Sound made through vibration of the vocal cords; sonant, or intonated, utterance; tone; — distinguished from mere breath sound as heard in whispering and voiceless consonants. · The tone or sound emitted by an object. · The faculty or power of utterance.
From Middle English voice, voys, vois, borrowed from Anglo-Norman voiz, voys, voice, Old French vois, voiz (Modern French voix), from Latin vōcem, accusative form of vōx (“voice”). Cognate with Sanskrit वाच् (vāc), Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps), Persian آواز (âvâz). Displaced native Middle English steven (“voice”) (from Old English stefn (see steven)), Old English hlēoþor, Old English woþ, and Old English reord. Compare advocate, advowson, avouch, convoke, vocal, vouch, vowel. Doublet of vox.
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- Inherited-form mentionvoiceenm
- Derivation mentionvois, voizfro
- Cognate mentionvoixfr
- Derivation mentionvōcemla
- Cognate mentionवाच्sa
- Cognate mentionὄψgrc
- Cognate mentionآوازfa
- Cognate mentionstevenenm · voice
- Cognate mentionstefnang
- Cognate mentionhlēoþor#Nounang
- Cognate mentionwoþ#Noun_2ang
- Cognate mentionreord#Nounang
- Doublet mentionvoxen
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