votive
Meaningvowed
Common meaning: offered to fulfil a vow
- votto promise solemnly to a godLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 2015 · scan
- iveadjective ending: tending to
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: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin voveō ‘to promise solemnly to a god’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry voveō, p. 2015 · dictionary scan
Roots
- voveō, vōtum Latin “to promise solemnly to a god”
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