Meanings
Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*wikkō“sorcerer”
- Old Englishwiċċa“male witch”
- EnglishWicca
A twentieth-century borrowing of Old English wiċċa (“male witch”) (from Proto-West Germanic *wikkō (“sorcerer”)) with a spelling pronunciation. The modern use of the term was introduced first as Wica, mentioned briefly in the tenth chapter of Gerald Gardner's book Witchcraft Today (1954), as a collective noun ("the Wica"), allegedly used as a self-designation by practitioners of witchcraft. The spelling Wicca, again as a collective noun, was introduced and popularized by Gerald Gardner's later book, The Meaning of Witchcraft (1959).
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Chinese Cantonese 威卡教
- 威卡教 (wai¹ kaa¹ gaau³)neo-pagan religion
Chinese Mandarin 威卡教
- 威卡教 (Wēikǎjiào)neo-pagan religion
Esperanto Viko, viĉo
- Vikoneo-pagan religion
- viĉoneo-pagan religion
Finnish wicca
- wiccaneo-pagan religion
French wicca
- wiccaneo-pagan religion
German Wicca
- Wiccaneo-pagan religion
Greek Γουίκα
- Γουίκα (Gouíka)neo-pagan religion
Hungarian wicca
- wiccaneo-pagan religion
Irish Wicca
- Wiccaneo-pagan religion
Japanese ウィッカ
- ウィッカ (wikka)neo-pagan religion
Korean 위카
- 위카 (wika)neo-pagan religion
Lithuanian Wicca
- Wiccaneo-pagan religion
Polish wicca
- wiccaneo-pagan religion
Portuguese wicca
- wiccaneo-pagan religion
Russian ви́кка
- ви́кка (víkka)neo-pagan religion
Spanish wicca, brujería
- wiccaneo-pagan religion
- brujeríaneo-pagan religion
- hechiceríaneo-pagan religion
- magianeo-pagan religion
Swedish wicca
- wiccaneo-pagan religion
Turkish Vika
- Vikaneo-pagan religion
Urdu ویکا
- ویکا (vīkā)neo-pagan religion
Welsh Wica
- Wicaneo-pagan religion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Wicca
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Cite this entry
Wicca. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wicca
“Wicca.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wicca. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Wicca,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Wicca.
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