Where does “chickie” come from?

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

chickie (English): A woman

Definitions

  1. A woman

Ancestry of “chickie”, step by step

chickie 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 ie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishieAlternative form of i.e
Every word from Old English ċicen →Every word from Middle English chiken →Every word from Middle English chicke →