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villas

[vil-uh] Origin

vil·la

[vil-uh]
noun
1.
a country residence or estate.
2.
any imposing or pretentious residence, especially 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; (< Italian ) < Latin vīlla a country house, farm, akin to vīcus village, wick3

vil·la·like, adjective
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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;"
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O.C.S. visi "village;" Goth. weihs "village;" Lith. viepats "master of the house").
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