Where does “checkout chick” come from?

checkout chick (English) comes from English chick, from Middle English chicke, from Middle English chiken, from Old English ċicen — chicken.

checkout chick (English): A supermarket cashier

Definitions

  1. A supermarket cashier

Ancestry of “checkout chick”, step by step

checkout chick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchickA young bird; A young chicken; A young child
2Middle Englishchicke—
3Middle Englishchikenchicken", also "chick
4Old Englishċicenchicken

via English checkout

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcheckoutThe process of checking out of a hotel, or the...
2Englishcheck outTo confirm and pay for goods and services at a...
Every word from Old English ċicen →Every word from Middle English chiken →Every word from Middle English chicke →
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