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villalike

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vil⋅la

  [vil-uh]
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–noun
1. a country residence or estate.
2. any imposing or pretentious residence, esp. one in the country or suburbs maintained as a retreat by a wealthy person.
3. British. a detached or semidetached dwelling house, usually suburban.
Origin:
1605–15; (< It) < L vīlla a country house, farm, akin to vīcus village, wick 3

Related forms:
vil⋅la⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

villa 
1611, from It. villa "country house, villa, farm," from L. villa "country house, farm," related to vicus "village, group of houses," from PIE *weik- "clan" (cf. Skt. vesah "house," vit "dwelling, house, settlement;" Avestan vis "house, village, clan;" O.Pers. vitham "house, royal house;" Gk. oikos "house;" O.C.S. visi "village;" Goth. weihs "village;" Lith. viešpats "master of the house").
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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