Etymology

vicinage

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Today it means: A surrounding district; a neighbourhood. Full definition →

Old French visnage
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  1. Old French · derived fromvisnage
  2. English todayvicinage

From Old French visnage, respelled to more closer match its Latin source vīcīnus (“neighbor”). By surface analysis, vicine + -age.

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