Etymology of the English word Wicca
the English word
Wiccaderived from the English word
revivalderived from the English word
revivederived from the Old French word
revivrederived from the Late Latin word
revivere (live again)
derived from the Latin word
vivere (be alive, live; survive)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷei- (to live)
using the Latin prefix
re-using the English suffix
-alDate
The earliest known usage of Wicca in English dates from the 20th century.