Etymology

avick

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Today it means: A form of address to a male friend or young man. Full definition →

Irish a mhic
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The story

  1. Irish · borrowed froma mhic“literally, my son”
  2. English todayavick

Borrowed from Irish a mhic (“literally, my son”), from a (“vocative marker”) + mhic (“lenited form of mic”), variant of mac (“son”).

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