Etymograph

English

Vichy

Vichy comes from Occitan Vichèi.

  1. Occitanc. 1500–presentVichèidisputed
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentVichy
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Occitanc. 1500–presentVichèidisputed
  2. Frenchc. 1600–presentVichy
  3. Englishtodaysame form

The story

From French Vichy, from Occitan Vichèi, phonetically evolved from the Latin place name Vippiacus, itself named after an agricultural field belonging to a farmer named Vippius. An alternate theory attributes the name to the Latin vicus calidus, meaning "warm settlement."disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Occitan Vichèi

Today it means

name A town in Allier department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, France; the capital of Vichy France during World War II.

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Etymograph / Occitan Vichèi / Vichy

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