Vicinity
/vɪˈsɪn.ɪ.ti/noun
The area or region near or surrounding a particular place.
Did you know?Vicinity comes from Latin vicinitās, from vicinus meaning “neighbor,” which itself comes from vicus, “village” or “settlement” — so the word originally carried the social energy of who lived in your immediate circle.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*weik-
“to bend, turn, or settle; a root associated with dwelling and settlement”
Latin
Latin
vicus
“a village, district, or settlement”
Classical Latin
Latin
vicinus
“neighboring; a neighbor”
Late Latin
Latin
vicinitas
“neighborhood, proximity, the state of being a neighbor”
Middle English
English
vicinite / vicinitee
“nearness or neighborhood”
Modern English
English
vicinity
“the area near or surrounding a place”