Where does “bikaryo” come from?

bikaryo (Tagalog) comes from Spanish vicario, from Latin vicārius, from Latin vicis, from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European wey- — to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...

bikaryo (Tagalog): vicar

Definitions

  1. vicar

Ancestry of “bikaryo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishvicariovicar
2Latinvicāriusvicarious, substituted
3Latinvicischange, alternation, turn; time, instance; season
4Proto-Indo-Europeanweyḱ-to enter in; to settle; settlement
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwey-to wither; fade; to move, go ahead; to be strong;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyḱ- →Every word from Latin vicis →
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