wicca

Definition from Wiktionary, a free dictionary

Contents 1 Italian 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Related terms 2 Old English 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Related terms 2.3.2 Descendants

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia ^it

wicca f. inv.

1. Wicca

[edit] Related terms

• wiccano

---

[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Wikipedia

From Proto-Germanic *wikkja- (“‘necromancer, sorcerer’”) (see [1]).

Further etymology uncertain; apparently from Proto-Indo-European *weik- (“‘separate, divide’”), conjectured to be because of early Germanic divinatory practices to do with casting lots.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwiʧːɑ/

[edit] Noun

wiċċa m.

1. wizard, sorcerer, magician

[edit] Related terms

wiċċe f. wiċċian

wēoh wiglian wiċċecræft

[edit] Descendants

• English: witch