Etymograph

English

vicary

Vicary comes from Latin vicarius ‘vicarious, substituted’, 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 CEvicarius‘vicarious, substituted’
  4. Englishtodayvicary

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 CEvicarius‘vicarious, substituted’
  4. Englishtodayvicary

Linked words

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

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

Today it means

noun —

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

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

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