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wic

Pronunciation: /wiːk/

“wic” is an Old English word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. village
  2. temporary abode: camp, encampment, lodging
  3. bight, small bay
  4. creek, inlet

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *wīk, a merger of Latin vīcus and Proto-West Germanic *wīhs; both from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“village”). Compare Proto-Germanic *wīhsą (“settlement, village”).

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