Where does “vicarious” come from?

Vicarious comes from Latin vicarius, derived from Latin vicis (change, alternation), which derives from Latin vicus (village, street), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wey- (to turn, bend).

vicarious (English): Delegated; Experienced or gained by taking in...

Definitions

  1. Delegated; Experienced or gained by taking in...

Ancestry of “vicarious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-ousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, to denote...
2Middle English-ous—
3Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
4Latin-ōsusose, -ous, -ful (full of or overly prone to)
5Old Latin-ōssus—

Words derived from “vicarious”

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