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style="min-width:728px;min-height:90px"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><h1 title="Origin and meaning of nick" class="word__name--TTbAA">nick<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)</h1><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>"notch, groove, slit," mid-15c., <span class="foreign notranslate">nik</span>, <span class="foreign notranslate">nyke</span>, a word of unknown origin, possibly from a variant of Old French <span class="foreign notranslate">niche</span> (see <a href="/word/niche" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of niche " class="crossreference notranslate">niche</a>).</p> <p><strong><span class="foreign notranslate">Nick of time</span></strong> is attested by 1640s (<span class="foreign notranslate">nick of opportunity</span> is 1610s), possibly from an old custom of recording time as it passed by making notches on a tally stick, though <span class="foreign notranslate">nick</span> in the general sense of "critical moment" is older (1570s, Hanmer, who adds "as commonly we say") than the phrase. <span class="foreign notranslate">Nick</span> (n.) specifically as "notch of a tally" is attested from late 15c.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:mid-15c.">mid-15c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_45203" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of nick" class="word__name--TTbAA">nick<!-- --> <!-- -->(v.)</p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>1520s, "to make a notch or notches in," from <a href="/word/nick#etymonline_v_6923" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nick " class="crossreference notranslate">nick</a> (n.). The sense of "to steal" is from 1734, probably from earlier slang senses of "to catch, take unawares, arrest" (1620s) or "to cheat, to win a game by cheating" (1540s.) The precise sense connection is unclear; Green's Dictionary of Slang suggests this sense represents a Romany word or else a metaphoric use of <span class="foreign notranslate">nick</span> in the "notch" sense (compare <a href="/word/score" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of score " class="crossreference notranslate">score</a>.) Middle Dutch has <span class="foreign notranslate">nicken</span>, "to bend, to bow" (compare the sense evolution in <a href="/word/crook#etymonline_v_382" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of crook " class="crossreference notranslate">crook</a> (n.)). Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">Nicked</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">nicking</span>.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:1520s">1520s</a></div></div></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa"><div><div class="" style="position:relative"><div id="etymonline_v_45502" style="position:absolute;top:-100px"></div><p title="Origin and meaning of Nick" class="word__name--TTbAA">Nick<!-- --> </p><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH"><p>masc. proper name, familiar form of <a href="/word/Nicholas" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Nicholas " class="crossreference notranslate">Nicholas</a>. <span class="foreign notranslate">Saint Nick</span>, for Saint Nicholas, is by 1811 in a nautical context (he is patron saint of sailors among others.)</p> <p>As "the devil," especially in the phrase <span class="foreign notranslate">Old Nick</span>, by 1640s, but the reason for that is obscure; perhaps connected with <a href="/word/nick#etymonline_v_45203" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nick " class="crossreference notranslate">nick</a> (v.)<a href="/word/null" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of " class="crossreference notranslate"> </a> in sense of "catch, seize" (compare <a href="/word/thief" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Thief " class="crossreference notranslate">Thief</a> as an epithet of Satan, recorded c. 1500) or a shortening of <span class="foreign notranslate">Old Iniquity</span>, a name for the Vice character in old morality plays sometimes used as an insult. It may also simply be a name: other evasive appellations for the devil from Scots dialect include <span class="foreign notranslate">Harry, Sandy, Carl, Smith, Neil, Wally</span> and <span class="foreign notranslate">Bubba</span>. Also compare <a href="/word/nickel" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nickel " class="crossreference notranslate">nickel</a>.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to nick">Entries linking to <i>nick</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of crook" href="/word/crook#etymonline_v_382">crook<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>c. 1200, "hook-shaped instrument or weapon; tool or utensil consisting of or having as an essential component a hook or curved piece of metal," from Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">krokr</span> "hook, corner," cognate with Old High German <span class="foreign notranslate">kracho</span> "hooked tool," of obscure origin but perhaps related to the widespread group of Germanic <span class="foreign notranslate">kr-</span> words meaning "bent, hooked." If there was an Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">*croc</span> it has not been found.</p> <p>From late 14c. as "a bend or curved part;" late 15c. as "any bend, turn, or curve." From mid-15c. as "a shepherd's staff with a curved top." Meaning "swindler" is American English, 1879, from <span class="foreign notranslate">crooked</span> in figurative sense of "dishonest, crooked in conduct" (1708). <span class="foreign notranslate">Crook</span> "dishonest trick" was in Middle English, especially in reference to the wiles of the Devil.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of niche" href="/word/niche#etymonline_v_6921">niche<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1610s, "shallow recess in a wall," from French <span class="foreign notranslate">niche</span> "recess (for a dog), kennel" (14c.), perhaps from Italian <span class="foreign notranslate">nicchia</span> "niche, nook," which is said to be from <span class="foreign notranslate">nicchio</span> "seashell," itself said by Klein, Barnhart, etc. to be probably from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">mitulus</span> "mussel," but the change of <span class="foreign notranslate">-m-</span> to <span class="foreign notranslate">-n-</span> is not explained (Century Dictionary compares <span class="foreign notranslate">napkin</span> from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">mappa</span>). Watkins suggests that the word is from an Old French noun derived from <span class="foreign notranslate">nichier</span> "to nestle, nest, build a nest," via Gallo-Roman <span class="foreign notranslate">*nidicare</span> from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">nidus</span> "nest" (see <a href="/word/nidus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of nidus " class="crossreference notranslate">nidus</a>), but that, too, has difficulties. The figurative sense is recorded by 1725. Biological use dates from 1927.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div><ul class="related__container--22iKI"><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Nicholas" href="/word/Nicholas"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Nicholas</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of nickel" href="/word/nickel"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">nickel</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of score" href="/word/score"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">score</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of thief" href="/word/thief"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">thief</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of Davy Jones" href="/word/Davy%20Jones"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">Davy Jones</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of inkling" href="/word/inkling"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">inkling</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of nincompoop" href="/word/nincompoop"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">nincompoop</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of pumpernickel" href="/word/pumpernickel"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">pumpernickel</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of scratch" href="/word/scratch"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">scratch</li></a><a target="_self" title="Origin and meaning of *sed-" href="/word/*sed-"><li class="related__word--3Si0N">*sed-</li></a><a class="related__more--1gm0U related__word--3Si0N" href="/word/nick/related"><li>See all related words (<!-- -->12<!-- -->) <!-- -->></li></a></ul></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of nick">Trends of <i>nick</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:200px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. Ngrams are probably unreliable.</div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="More to Explore">More to Explore</h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of nickel" href="/word/nickel"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">nickel<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">whitish metal element, 1755, the name was coined in 1754 by Swedish mineralogist Axel von Cronstedt (1722-1765) from shortening of Swedish kopparnickel "copper-colored ore" (from which it was first obtained), a half-translation of German Kupfernickel, literally "copper goblin" fr</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of score" href="/word/score"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">score<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late Old English scoru "twenty," from Old Norse skor "mark, notch, incision; a rift in rock," also, in Icelandic, "twenty," from Proto-Germanic *skur-, from PIE root *sker- (1) "to cut." The notion probably is of counting large numbers (of a passing flock of sheep, etc.) by makin</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="linked" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of inkling" href="/word/inkling"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">inkling<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1400, apparently from the gerund of the Middle English verb inclen "utter in an undertone, hint at, hint" (mid-14c.), which is of unknown origin; perhaps it is related to Old English inca "doubt, suspicion, question, scruple." However the earliest record of the word is as a ny</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of notch" href="/word/notch"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">notch<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mark or score" (1837) is sporting slang, originally in cricket, from the old method of keeping score; notch (n.) as "a nick...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of Nicholas" href="/word/Nicholas"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">Nicholas<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Colloquial Old Nick "the devil" is attested from 1640s, evidently from the proper name, but for no certain reason....</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of scotch" href="/word/scotch"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">scotch<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">Perhaps [Barnhart] from Anglo-French escocher, Old French cocher "to notch, nick," from coche "a notch, groove," perhaps...</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of pair" href="/word/pair"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">pair<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">mid-13c., paire, "a set of two, two of a kind coupled in use," from Old French paire "pair, couple," and directly from Medieval Latin paria "equals," neuter plural of Latin par (genitive paris) "a pair, counterpart, equal," noun use of par (adj.) "equal, equal-sized, well-matched</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of change" href="/word/change"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">change<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">c. 1200, "to alter, make different, change" (transitive); early 13c. as "to substitute one for another;" mid-13c. as "to make (something) other than what it was, cause to turn or pass from one state to another;" from late 13c. as "to become different, be altered" (intransitive), </section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of modify" href="/word/modify"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">modify<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 14c., modifien, "alter, amend, adjust, change the properties, form, or function of;" also "set limits, keep within the bounds of reason; choose a middle course," from Old French modifier (14c.), from Latin modificare "to limit, measure off, restrain," from modus "measure, ma</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8" style="padding:10px 20px"><div><a class="recommended-word" rel="nofollow" data-recommended-type="other_relation" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of couple" href="/word/couple"><div class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="font-size:18px">couple<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></div><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined word__etymology_limit_line--3DeZW" style="cursor:pointer">late 13c., "two of the same kind or class connected or considered together," especially "a man and a woman associated together by marriage or love," from Old French cople "married couple, lovers" (12c., Modern French couple), from Latin copula "tie, connection," from PIE *ko-ap-,</section></a></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div class="share-tool socialShare--223YS"><h3 title="Share nick to social networks" class="socialShare__title--34iP2">Share <i>nick</i></h3><div class="cite--1qJ-_ share-cite">‘<!-- -->cite<!-- -->’</div><a title="Share on Facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fnick" data-social-target="Facebook" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__facebook--2fm3U fa-facebook"></a><a title="Share on Twitter" href="https://twitter.com/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fnick&text=nick%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20nick%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Twitter" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__twitter--1iFxf fa-twitter"></a><a title="Share on Reddit" href="https://www.reddit.com/submit?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fnick&title=nick%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20nick%20by%20etymonline" data-social-target="Reddit" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__reddit--30bBu fa-reddit"></a><a title="Share on Email" href="mailto:?subject=nick%20%7C%20Etymology%20of%20nick%20by%20etymonline&body=%22notch%2C%20groove%2C%20slit%2C%22%20mid-15c.%2C%20nik%2C%20nyke%2C%20a%20word%20of%20unknown%20origin%2C%20possibly%20from%20a%E2%80%A6%20See%20origin%20and%20meaning%20of%20nick.%0Afrom%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.etymonline.com%2Fword%2Fnick%20Find%20out%20more%20at%20etymonline.com" data-social-target="Email" target="blank" rel="nofollow" class="fa share socialShare__icon--3FJac socialShare__icon__email--3hVBm fa-email"></a><div class="cite__content--3ghsO cite-content"><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">Page URL:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">https://www.etymonline.com/word/nick</textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">HTML Link:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly=""><a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/nick">Etymology of nick by etymonline</a></textarea><div class="cite__content_title--3ABWh">APA style:</div><textarea class="cite__content_textarea--3zgJO cite-textarea" readonly="">Harper, D. 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