The story
- Latin · derived fromvicārius“substitute”
- German · derived fromvikarierend
- English todayvicariant
From German vikarierend, present participle of vikarieren (“to act as a substitute”), from Vikar (“vicar, representative”), ultimately from Latin vicārius (“substitute”).
Words from the same roots
Latinvicārius all →
vicar
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.