Etymology

jacky

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Today it means: An Aboriginal. Full definition →

English Jack ← Middle English Jackin ← French Jacques
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrewעָקַב
  2. Biblical Hebrewיַעֲקֹב (yaʿăqōḇ)
  3. Ancient GreekἸακώβ (Iakṓb)
  4. Ancient GreekἸάκωβος (Iákōbos)
  5. LatinIācōbusslbor.?
  6. FrenchJacques
  7. Middle EnglishJackin
  8. EnglishJack
  9. English todayJacky

From Jack + -y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.