i.e. did nick name people or did people call nick nick?

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[–] 33 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If you want the real answer, from Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name.

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