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Where does “Ricky” come from?

Ricky (Cebuano) comes from English Ricky, from English Rick, from English recruit, from French recruter, from German Rekrut, from French recreute, from French recrue, from Old French recreu.

Ancestry of “Ricky”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishRicky—
2EnglishRick—
3EnglishrecruitA supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a...
4Frenchrecruterto recruit
5GermanRekrutrecruit; A soldier of the lowest rank in the...
6Frenchrecreute—
7Frenchrecruerecruit
8Old Frenchrecreu—
9Old Frenchrecreistre—
Every word from Old French recreistre →