The story
- Latin · derived fromvicārius“vicarious, substitute”
- Old French · derived fromvicaire“deputy, second in command”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromvikare
- Middle English · inherited fromvicar
- English todayvicar
From Middle English vicar, viker, vikyr, vicaire, vicare, a borrowing from Anglo-Norman vikare, vicare, vikaire, vikere and Old French vicaire (“deputy, second in command”), from Latin vicārius (“vicarious, substitute”). Doublet of vicarious. Displaced native Old English ġespelia.
Words from the same roots
Latinvicārius all →
vicariant
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.