词汇 | vote |
词源 | vote [LME] Vote is from Latin votum ‘a vow, wish’, from vovere ‘to vow’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century. The word votive [L16th] meaning ‘offered in fulfilment of a vow’ is from votum as are vow [ME], devout [ME], and devotion [ME]. |
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