-wick, suffixshortened form of wike (OE. wíce) office, function of an official, as in bailiffwick, bailiwick, sheriffwick. A secondary sense of ‘jurisdiction of the official’, passing into ‘district over which the official's jurisdiction extends’, is found with some words containing this suffix, the development of the latter sense being no doubt furthered by the sense ‘district’ of wick n.² An example of a compound in occasional or local use is † warden-wick:—1499Pilton Churchw. Acc. (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 67 Yn hys yer of ye wardeyn wyke.In herdwick (first in Domesday Book), -wick appears to be wick n.²

-wick /-wɪk/ suffix. OE.

ORIGIN: Old English wīce.

Forming nouns from names of officials etc. meaning ‘the post or jurisdiction of such an official’, as in bailiwick, Herdwick, sheriffwick.

-wick

Suffix

Alternative form of -wich

Derived terms

Category English words suffixed with -wick not found

bailiwick

Gatwick

Greenwick

Southwick

Warwick

词汇	-wick
词根词缀	OED SOED Wiktionary -wick, suffixshortened form of wike (OE. wíce) office, function of an official, as in bailiffwick, bailiwick, sheriffwick. A secondary sense of ‘jurisdiction of the official’, passing into ‘district over which the official's jurisdiction extends’, is found with some words containing this suffix, the development of the latter sense being no doubt furthered by the sense ‘district’ of wick n.² An example of a compound in occasional or local use is *† warden-wick:—1499Pilton Churchw. Acc. (Somerset Rec. Soc.) 67 Yn hys yer of ye wardeyn wyke.In herdwick (first in Domesday Book), -wick* appears to be wick n.² -wick /-wɪk/ suffix. OE. ORIGIN: Old English wīce. Forming nouns from names of officials etc. meaning ‘the post or jurisdiction of such an official’, as in bailiwick, Herdwick, sheriffwick. -wick Suffix Alternative form of -wich Derived terms Category English words suffixed with -wick not found bailiwick Gatwick Greenwick Southwick Warwick
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