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English word vocal comes from Latin vox, and later Latin vocalis ((grammar) vowel.)
vox (Latin)
(grammar) voice; indicating the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses. Accent. Speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrase. Voice. Word.
vocalis (Latin)
(grammar) vowel.
Vokal (German)
(linguistics, phonetics) vowel.
vocal (Old French)
Vocal (relating to a voice or voices).
vocal (English)
(Roman Catholic Church) A man who has a right to vote in certain elections.. (phonetics) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal (phonetics) Consisting of, or characterized by, voice, or tone produced in the larynx, which may be modified, [...]