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Where does “chickification” come from?

chickification (English) comes from English chick, from Middle English chicke, from Middle English chiken, from Old English ċicen.

chickification (English): girlification

Definitions

  1. girlification

Ancestry of “chickification”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchickA young bird; A young chicken; A young child
2Middle Englishchicke—
3Middle Englishchikenchicken", also "chick
4Old Englishċicen—
Every word from Old English ċicen →