English
Warwick
Warwick comes from Middle English Warwyk, and goes back to Old English Wǣringwīċ.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Wǣringwīċliterally ‘dwelling by the weir’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Warwyk
- EnglishtodayWarwick
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150Wǣringwīċliterally ‘dwelling by the weir’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Warwyk
- EnglishtodayWarwick
A compound of wer ‘weir’ + -ing ‘of the’ + wīċ ‘dwelling place, village’
Proto-Indo-European *wer- ‘to close, shut, lock, protect, defend, block’
Proto-Germanic *warją ‘fortification, embankment’
Proto-West Germanic *wari
Old English wer ‘weir’
Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- ‘village’
Latin vīcus ‘village’
Proto-West Germanic *wīk ‘dwelling, village’
Old English wīċ ‘dwelling place, village’
Every English word from Old English Wǣringwīċ
Today it means
name A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English Wǣringwīċ / Warwick