Etymology

chick

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Middle English chicke ← Old English ċicen
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chick · noun, verb1

  1. Old English · inherited fromċicen
  2. Middle English · inherited fromchicke
  3. English todaychick

From Middle English chicke, chike, variation of chiken (“chicken", also "chick”), from Old English ċicen, ċycen (“chicken”). Sense of "young woman" dates to at least 1860 (compare chit (“young, pert woman”)). More at chicken.

chick · noun2

  1. Classical Persian · derived fromچق
  2. Urdu · borrowed fromچق
  3. Hindi · borrowed fromचिक़
  4. Hindustani · borrowed from
  5. English todaychick

Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi चिक़ (ciq) / Urdu چق (ciq)), ultimately from Classical Persian چق (čiq).

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