Convoke
/kənˈvoʊk/noun
To call people together for a meeting or assembly.
Did you know?Convoke comes from Latin convōcāre, and the same vox/vox- root behind it also gave English words tied to voice and calling—language itself once felt like an act of summoning.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wekw-
“to speak, call”
Latin
Latin
vocāre
“to call”
Latin
Latin
convocāre
“to call together, summon”
Middle English
English
convoken
“to summon together”
Modern English
English
convoke
“to call together for a meeting or assembly”