vouer
French
verb
Definitions
- to vow
- (transitive) to devote (+ à to)
- (reflexive) to devote oneself, to be devoted
Etymology
Inherited from Latin votāre, 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-vow English
- revow English
- vote English
- vow English
- vower English
- vowess English
- vowest English
- voweth English
- vowless English
- *vōtāre Latin
- votāre Latin
- vōtum Latin
- Votum German
- rivotare Italian
- votante Italian
- votare Italian
- votazione Italian
- voto Italian
- dévouement French
- dévouer French
- voueur French
- во́тум Russian
- votación Spanish, Castilian
- votante Spanish, Castilian
- votar Spanish, Castilian
- voto Spanish, Castilian
- *h₁ewegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁wogʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- votante Portuguese
- votar Portuguese
- votação Portuguese
- voto Portuguese
- vowe Middle English
- vóta Irish
- vut Old French
- vuz Old French
- votar Catalan, Valencian
- votante Galician
- vovar Ido
- bóit Old Irish
- voto Old Portuguese