Etymology

Warwick

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Today it means: A town and civil parish with a town council in Warwick district, and the county town of Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP2865). Full definition →

Middle English Warwyk ← Old English Wǣringwīċ
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  1. Old English · inherited fromWǣringwīċ
  2. Middle English · inherited fromWarwyk
  3. English todayWarwick

From Middle English Warwyk, from Old English Wǣringwīċ (literally “dwelling by the weir”), from wer (“weir”) + -ing (“of the”, used with masculine nouns) + wīċ (“dwelling place, village”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.