English Explanatory Dictionary

Fick

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Fick Ficks

Etymology

* As a North/Low German surname, from a pet form of the name Friedrich. * As an English surname, perhaps from an adjective meaning "to move quickly," see the verbs fidge, fig. Compare Figg. * Alternatively as an English surname, from a nickname derived from Old English gefic (“deceitful”), compare the adjective fickle. See Ficker. * As an English surname of Norman origin, from Old French fike, a northern variant of fiche (“pointed implement”), presumably related to the verb ficher (“to drive in”). See Fitch.

Derived words

Fick principle
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