Where does “vicarage” come from?
Vicarage derives from Middle English -age, Old French -age, Latin -aticum, Latin -aticus, Latin -icus, Proto-Indo-European -kos, and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos, tracing a suffix chain for forming abstract nouns and agent nouns.
vicarage (English): The residence of a vicar; The benefice, duties or...
Definitions
- The residence of a vicar; The benefice, duties or...
Ancestry of “vicarage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | vicar | In the Church of England, the priest of a parish,... |
| 2 | Middle English | vicar | — |
| 3 | Old French | vikaire | — |
| 4 | Latin | vicārius | — |
| 5 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |