vow
English
/vaʊ/
noun
Definitions
- A solemn promise to perform some act, or behave in a specified manner, especially a promise to live and act in accordance with the rules of a religious order.
- A declaration or assertion.
- (obsolete) A votive offering.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vowe derived from Old French vut derived from Latin vōtum (vow, dedication, a promise).
Origin
Latin
vōtum
Gloss
vow, dedication, a promise
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- break English
- break-vow English
- revow English
- vote English
- vower English
- vowess English
- vowest English
- voweth English
- vowless English
- vowlessness English
- *vōtāre Latin
- votāre Latin
- vōtum Latin
- voto Italian
- dévouer French
- vouer French
- voueur French
- voto Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁ewegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁wogʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- boda Portuguese
- votar Portuguese
- vowe Middle English
- vóta Irish
- vut Old French
- vuz Old French
- vovar Ido
- bóit Old Irish
- voda Old Portuguese
- voto Old Portuguese
- boda Sranan Tongo