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DickEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dickEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dickder. English dick Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean everyman, whence the word acquired its other meanings.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dickEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-West Germanic *rīk Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Indo-European *-yos Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hardu Proto-West Germanic *Rīkuhardu Old High German Rihhart Middle High German Rihardbor. Medieval Latin Richardusder. Old French Richardbor. Middle English Rycharde English Richardder. English Rickder. English Dickder. English dick Ultimately from Dick, pet form of the name Richard. The name Dick came to mean everyman, whence the word acquired its other meanings.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dickEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
A shortening and alteration of detective.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dickEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
A shortening and alteration of declaration.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗dickEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
Borrowed from Cumbric *deg, from Proto-Brythonic *deg. Cognate with Welsh deg.
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