Etymology

bailiwick

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Today it means: The district within which a bailie or bailiff has jurisdiction. Full definition →

Old English wīc
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromwīc
  2. English todaybailiwick

From bailie (“bailiff”) and wick (“dwelling”), from Old English wīc.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishwīc all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.