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vice comes
Medieval Latin · medieval
"a deputy count"
literally deputy count, from vice- (in place of) and comes (count)
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Stage 2 of 3
viscounte
Old French · medieval
"a nobleman below a count"
settled in French for a nobleman ranking just below a count
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viscount
English · 1400s
"a nobleman ranking below an earl and above a baron"
adopted as the English title for a nobleman ranking below an earl
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