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