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Stage 1 of 4
vox
Latin · ancient
"voice"
voice, combined into vocalis (sounding, of the voice)
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Stage 2 of 4
vocalis
Latin · ancient
"a letter that sounds by itself"
a letter that sounds by itself, from vox (voice)
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Stage 3 of 4
vouel
Old French · medieval
"a sounding letter"
carried into French for a sounding letter
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Stage 4 of 4
vowel
English · 1300s
"a speech sound made with an open vocal tract"
settled as the English word for a speech sound made with an open vocal tract
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