Where does “vigário-geral” come from?
vigário-geral (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese geral, from Old Portuguese gẽeral, from Latin generalis, from Latin genus, from Proto-Italic genos, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁os, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
vigário-geral (Portuguese): vicar general
Definitions
- vicar general
Ancestry of “vigário-geral”, step by step
vigário-geral traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese geral
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | geral | general; majority; leader of a religious order |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | gẽeral | — |
| 3 | Latin | generalis | general, generic |
| 4 | Latin | genus | birth, origin, lineage, descent; kind, type,... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | genos | lineage, origin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |
via Portuguese vigário
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | vigário | vicar local representative of higher-ranking member of clergy |
| 2 | Latin | vicārius | vicarious, substituted |
| 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;... |