Etymology

omnivicarious

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Today it means: Permanently vicarious; shape-shifting; identity-grabbing. Full definition →

English vicarious ← Latin omnis ← Proto-Italic *opnis
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*opnis
  3. Latinomnis
  4. Englishomni-
  5. Englishvicarious
  6. English todayomnivicarious

From omni- + vicarious.

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