The story
- Latin · derived fromvice
- Medieval Latin · derived fromvicecomes
- English todayviscount
From Anglo-Norman viscounte, from Medieval Latin vicecomes, from Latin vice + comes. Equivalent to vice- + count. Doublet of vicecomes and vicomte.
Words from the same roots
Latinvice all →
vicevice-vidame
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.