Vicinity

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mid 16th century (in the sense ‘proximity’): from Latin vicinitas, from vicinus ‘neighbour’.

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vicine +‎  -ity, from Latin vīcīnitās(“neighborhood”) (compare French vicinité), from  vīcīnus(“neighbor”) (compare French voisin), from  vīcus(“village”). 

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vicinity (n.)

1550s, "nearness in place," from French vicinité and directly from Latin vicinitas "of or pertaining to neighbors or a neighborhood," as a noun, "neighborhood, nearness, proximity," from vicinus (adj.) "of the neighborhood, near, neighboring," as a noun "the neighborhood, a neighbor," from vicus "group of houses, village," related to the -wick, -wich in English place names, from PIE root *weik- (1) "clan." Meaning "neighborhood, surrounding district" in English is attested by 1796.