The story
- Latin · derived fromvicissitūdō“change”
- Middle French · derived fromvicissitude
- English todayvicissitude
From Middle French vicissitude, from Latin vicissitūdō (“change”), from vicissim (“on the other hand, in turn”), from vicis (“change, vicissitude”), whence Portuguese vez and French fois (“time (as in "next time"), occurrence”).
Words from the same roots
Latinvicissitūdō all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.