Etymograph

English

vicariant

Vicariant comes from Latin vicārius ‘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‘substitute’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentvikarierend
  5. Englishtodayvicariant

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‘substitute’
  4. Germanc. 1650–presentvikarierend
  5. Englishtodayvicariant

Linked words

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

victory, province, victim, weakness, witch, convince, icon, conviction, victor, wicked, wo, invincible, wight, convict, weakly, eviction, wile, evict, vanquish, waw, ancona, 33 more

Today it means

adj Of, relating to, or as a result of vicariance

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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

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