Where does “chick” come from?

Chick comes from Middle English chicke, derived from Middle English chiken, which evolved from Old English ċicen.

chick (English): A young bird; A young chicken; A young child

Definitions

  1. A young bird; A young chicken; A young child

Ancestry of “chick”, step by step

chick traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English chicke

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishchicke—
2Middle Englishchikenchicken", also "chick
3Old Englishċicenchicken

via Hindi चिक़

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hindiचिक़chick screen
2Classical Persianچق—

Words derived from “chick”

Every word from Old English ċicen →