vote: [15] Vote goes back ultimately to Latin vovēre ‘promise solemnly, wish for’. Its past participle was vōtus, which fed directly into English as the verb vote; the noun vote comes from the Latin derivative vōtum. The modern English meaning of the word comes from the notion of expressing one’s ‘wishes’ by means of casting a ballot. ‘Wishing, desiring’ was a secondary semantic development of the Latin verb; its original meaning, ‘promise solemnly’, is preserved in English vow [13], which comes via Anglo-Norman vou from Latin vōtum. => vow
vote (v.)
1550s, "give a vote to;" 1560s, "enact or establish by vote,"; see vote (n.). Earlier it meant "to vow" to do something (mid-15c.). Related: Voted; voting.
vote (n.)
mid-15c., "formal expression of one's wish or choice with regard to a proposal, candidate, etc.," from Latin votum "a vow, wish, promise to a god, solemn pledge, dedication," noun use of neuter of votus, past participle of vovere "to promise, dedicate" (see vow (n.)). Meaning "totality of voters of a certain class or type" is from 1888.
例文
1. They took a vote and decided not to do it.
彼らは採決を行い、放棄することにした。
2.Heck，if you don 't like it，don 't vote for him.
好きでなければ、彼に投票しないでください。
3.If he demands too much，the unions will vote him down.
彼が要求しすぎると、労働組合は投票して彼を取り替える。
4.Both chambers plan to vote on that policy before January 15 th.
両院とも1月15日までにその政策を投票するつもりだ。
5.Opposition leaders had called for a boycott of the vote .