 In the Early Medieval language of Old English , the term wicca ( / ˈwɪttʃɑː / ) was a masculine noun for sorcerer ; wicce was its feminine counterpart . They are ancestral to Modern English witch . The Modern English term Wicca took the Old English wicca as its basis , although the two are fundamentally two distinct words with differing meanings , pronunciation , and grammatical usage , with nearly a millennium between their respective floruits . 
 In the Early Medieval language of Old English , the term wicca ( / ˈwɪttʃɑː / ) was a masculine noun for sorcerer ; wicce was its feminine counterpart . They <a href='drop_aux' title='1'><mark>are</mark></a>ancestral to Modern English witch . The Modern English term Wicca took the Old English wicca as its basis , although the two <a href='drop_aux' title='2'><mark>are</mark></a>fundamentally two distinct words with differing meanings , pronunciation , and grammatical usage , with nearly a millennium between their respective floruits . 
In the Early Medieval language of Old English , da term wicca ( / ˈwɪttʃɑː / ) was a masculine noun for sorcerer ; wicce was its feminine counterpart . They ancestral to Modern English witch . TdaModern English term Wicca took the Old English wicca as its basis , although thdawo fundamentally 2 distinct words with differing meanings , pronunciation , and grammatical usage , w/ nearly a millennium between their respective floruits .