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advocate

/ˈædvəkət/AD-vuh-kuht
/ˈædvəkət/AD-vuh-kuht

Meaningone called to help

Common meaning: to speak in favour of

Other meanings: one who speaks for another

‘to, towards’ + ‘voice’ → advocate

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√WAK‘cry out’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 333, p. 742 · scan
  2. Latinvōx, vōcis; vocō‘voice’
  3. Englishadvocate‘to speak in favour of’ · today

ad- also in: addadaptadoptadoreadorn

voc also in: vocalvocationvocabularyinvokerevoke

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin vōx ‘voice; to call’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry vōx, p. 2003 · dictionary scan

Roots

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