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class="foreign notranslate">vocis</span>) "voice" (from PIE root <a href="/word/*wekw-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of *wekw- " rel="nofollow" class="crossreference notranslate">*wekw-</a> "to speak"). Sense of "one's occupation or profession" is first attested 1550s.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:early%2015c.">early 15c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to vocation">Entries linking to <i>vocation</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of vocational" href="/word/vocational#etymonline_v_40007">vocational<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1650s, from <a href="/word/vocation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vocation " class="crossreference notranslate">vocation</a> + <a href="/word/-al#etymonline_v_32845" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of -al " class="crossreference notranslate">-al</a> (1). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Vocationally</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of *wekw-" href="/word/*wekw-#etymonline_v_52657">*wekw-<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to speak."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/advocate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of advocate " class="crossreference notranslate">advocate</a>; <a href="/word/avocation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of avocation " class="crossreference notranslate">avocation</a>; <a href="/word/calliope" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of calliope " class="crossreference notranslate">calliope</a>; <a href="/word/convocation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of convocation " class="crossreference notranslate">convocation</a>; <a href="/word/epic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of epic " class="crossreference notranslate">epic</a>; <a href="/word/equivocal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of equivocal " class="crossreference notranslate">equivocal</a>; <a href="/word/equivocation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of equivocation " class="crossreference notranslate">equivocation</a>; <a href="/word/evoke" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of evoke " class="crossreference notranslate">evoke</a>; <a href="/word/invoke" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of invoke " class="crossreference notranslate">invoke</a>; <a href="/word/provoke" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of provoke " class="crossreference notranslate">provoke</a>; <a href="/word/revoke" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of revoke " class="crossreference notranslate">revoke</a>; <a href="/word/univocal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of univocal " class="crossreference notranslate">univocal</a>; <a href="/word/vocabulary" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vocabulary " class="crossreference notranslate">vocabulary</a>; <a href="/word/vocal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vocal " class="crossreference notranslate">vocal</a>; <a href="/word/vocation" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vocation " class="crossreference notranslate">vocation</a>; <a href="/word/vocative" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vocative " class="crossreference notranslate">vocative</a>; <a href="/word/vociferate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vociferate " class="crossreference notranslate">vociferate</a>; <a href="/word/vociferous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vociferous " class="crossreference notranslate">vociferous</a>; <a href="/word/voice" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of voice " class="crossreference notranslate">voice</a>; <a href="/word/vouch" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vouch " class="crossreference notranslate">vouch</a>; <a href="/word/vox" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vox " class="crossreference notranslate">vox</a>; <a href="/word/vowel" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of vowel " class="crossreference notranslate">vowel</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">vakti</span> "speaks, says," <span class="foreign notranslate">vacas-</span> "word;" Avestan <span class="foreign notranslate">vac-</span> "speak, say;" Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">eipon</span> (aorist) "spoke, said," <span class="foreign notranslate">epos</span> "word;" Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">vocare</span> "to call," <span class="foreign notranslate">vox</span> "voice, sound, utterance, language, word;" Old Prussian <span class="foreign notranslate">wackis</span> "cry;" German <span class="foreign notranslate">er-wähnen</span> "to mention."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of vocation">Trends of <i>vocation</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="syn_ant" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of career" href="/word/career"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">career<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">1530s, "a running (usually at full speed), a course" (especially of the sun, etc., across the sky), from French carriere "road, racecourse" (16c.), from Old Provençal or Italian carriera, from Vulgar Latin *(via) cararia "carriage (road), track for wheeled vehicles," from Latin c</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of avocation" href="/word/avocation"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">avocation<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Commonly, but improperly, "one's regular business, vocation" (1660s)....But yield who will to their separation, My object in living is to unite My avocation and my vocation As my two eyes...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of notary" href="/word/notary"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">notary<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1300, notarie, "a clerk, a personal secretary; 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and an application of such knowledge to uses for others as a vocation...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of treason" href="/word/treason"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">treason<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">self-compromised integrity of intellectuals, betrayal or corruption by academics, moralists, journalists, etc., of their vocation...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of body" href="/word/body"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">body<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Middle English bodi, from Old English bodig "trunk of a man or beast; the whole physical structure of a human or animal; material frame, material existence of a human; main or principal part of anything," related to Old High German botah, but otherwise of unknown origin. 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