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Vocation

3 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means a strong sense of suitability or calling for a particular occupation
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Stage 1 of 3
vocare
Latin · ancient
"to call"
to call
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Stage 2 of 3
vocatio
Latin · ancient
"a calling, a summons"
a calling, a summons, from vocare
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Stage 3 of 3
vocation
English · 1400s
"a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career"
settled as the English word for a strong feeling of suitability for a particular career
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