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Where does “kickflip” come from?

kickflip (English) comes from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc, from Latin buccus, from Frankish bukk — young he-goat.

kickflip (English): An ollie where the board is rotated 360 degrees...

Definitions

  1. An ollie where the board is rotated 360 degrees...

Ancestry of “kickflip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkickTo strike or hit with the foot or other extremity...
2Englishkick the bucketTo die; Of a machine, to break down such that it...
3EnglishbucketA container made of rigid material, often with a...
4Middle Englishboket—
5Anglo-Normanbukettub, pail; bucket
6Old Frenchbucabdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;...
7Latinbuccushe-goat
8Frankishbukkmale goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat
9Proto-Germanic*bukkaz—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰuǵ-buck, he-goat
11Proto-North CaucasianbVχc̣V—
12Proto-North CaucasianbVc̣Vyoung he-goat
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