Bailiwick derives from Middle English bailiwik, combining bailli (Old French bailli, from Late Latin baiulus, officer) and wik (Old English wīc, from Proto-Germanic wīkaz, dwelling place).
bailiwick (English): The district within which a bailie or bailiff has...
Definitions
The district within which a bailie or bailiff has...
Ancestry of “bailiwick”, step by step
bailiwick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.