Where does “vicinage” come from?

vicinage (English) comes from Old French visnage, from Old French voisin, from Vulgar Latin vecinus, from Latin vīcīnus, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.

vicinage (English): A surrounding district; a neighbourhood; The...

Definitions

  1. A surrounding district; a neighbourhood; The...

Ancestry of “vicinage”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchvisnageone's neighbors
2Old Frenchvoisinneighbor
3Vulgar Latinvecinus—
4Latinvīcīnusnear, neighboring
5Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
6Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
7Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
8Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Proto-Italic -īnos →