Etymograph

English

vicar

Vicar comes from Latin vicārius ‘vicarious, substitute’, from vicis ‘interchange, alternation’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to curve, bend’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to curve, bend’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvicis‘interchange, alternation’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvicārius‘vicarious, substitute’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400vikare
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vicar
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1907same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyk-‘to curve, bend’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvicis‘interchange, alternation’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEvicārius‘vicarious, substitute’
  4. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400vikare
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500vicar
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1907same form

Earliest quotation: 1907, Harold Bindloss, Toronto: “Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyk- ‘to curve, bend’

province, victory, weakness, witch, convince, victim, iconic, icon, conviction, wicked, wo, victor, invincible, wight, weakly, convict, eviction, vanquish, wile, ancona, waw, evict, 32 more

Today it means

noun In the Church of England, the priest of a parish, receiving a salary or stipend but not tithes.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyk- / vicar

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