Where does “Vizepräsident” come from?
Vizepräsident (German) comes from German vize-, from Latin vice, from Latin vicis, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
Vizepräsident (German): vice president
Ancestry of “Vizepräsident”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | vize- | vice, deputy |
| 2 | Latin | vice | ablative singular of vicis; vocative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | vicis | change, alternation, turn; time, instance; season |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | weyḱ- | to enter in; to settle; settlement |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wey- | to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;... |