Where does “village” come from?
Village comes from Middle English village, from Old French village, from Latin villaticus (of a villa), from villa (country estate) with the suffix -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos and -eh₂tos and -tós.
village (English): A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a...
Definitions
- A rural habitation of size between a hamlet and a...
Ancestry of “village”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | village | — |
| 2 | Old French | village | — |
| 3 | Latin | villaticus | related to a vīlla |
| 4 | Latin | vīlla | country house; villa |
| 5 | Latin | vetera | the old; old times, ancient times, antiquity |
| 6 | Latin | vetus | old, aged, elderly, ancient; long-standing;... |
| 7 | Latin | -tus | Forms the past participle of verbs; Forms... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tus | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tus | Derives action nouns from verb roots |