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villa.

farm/country home/estate; large country residence/seat, villa; village (L+S);

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈwiːl.la]Classical-Latin[ˈvil.la]

  1. country house; villa

    declension-1

  2. estate, farm

    declension-1

  3. a city

    Medieval-Latin · declension-1
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-der. Proto-Italic *weikslā Latin vīlla From Proto-Italic *weikslā, a nominal from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“settlement”) with an instrument/concrete-noun deverbal suffix *-slo- also found in pālus, vēlum. Related to vīcus (“row of houses; village”), vīcīnus (“neighbour”).

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