what is anglo-saxon wicca
What needs to be remembered, though, is that the word witch is not a Gallic or Brythonic word. The Linguistic Roots. Linguistics reveals much in regard to our origins. The word witch is derived from the Anglo-Saxon term wicca, (pronounced witcha) meaning knowledge. The female version of the term is wicce. To bewiccian meant to bewitch, a term that contains the idea of enchantment. The word enchant has its roots in the Old French chaunt and the Italian cantare.