Etymology

boychik

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Today it means: Term of endearment for a young boy, or a young man. Full definition →

Yiddish בויטשיק ← English boy ← Russian ма́льчик
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The story

  1. Russian · derived fromма́льчик“boy”
  2. English · derived fromboy
  3. Yiddish · borrowed fromבויטשיק
  4. English todayboychik

From American Yiddish בויטשיק (boytshik), from a blend of English boy + Russian ма́льчик (málʹčik, “boy”).

Words from the same roots

Englishboy all →

boitjieTây Bồi

Russianма́льчик all →

malchick

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.