Where does “trickee” come from?

trickee (English) comes from English trick, from Middle English trikke, from Old Northern French trique.

trickee (English): A person who is tricked; a dupe

Definitions

  1. A person who is tricked; a dupe

Ancestry of “trickee”, step by step

trickee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English trick

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtrickSomething designed to fool or swindle; A single...
2Middle Englishtrikke—
3Old Northern Frenchtrique—

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Old Northern French trique →Every word from Middle English trikke →Every word from English trick →