The story
- Old English · inherited fromwīċ“village; bay”
- English todayWycombe
From Old English wīċ (“village; bay”) + hām (“home; estate; village”). Doublet of Wickham.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wycombe
Today it means: A former local government district in Buckinghamshire, England, abolished on 31 March 2020 on the creation of Buckinghamshire unitary authority. Full definition →
Old English wīċ