## Meanings
1. An informal name for a person, often a short or funny version of their real name.
2. An informal name given to a place or thing because of a notable feature.
3. To give someone or something a nickname.

## Examples
- My friends call me by my nickname, but my parents use my full name.
- "The Big Apple" is a common nickname for New York City.
- They nicknamed him "Speedy" because he ran so fast.

## Synonyms
- byname
- cognomen
- eponym
- handle
- moniker
- nick
- sobriquet
- surname

## Derived Forms
- nicknameable
- nicknamee
- nicknameless
- nicknamer
- nicknamey

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: neke name
- Root: *h₂ewg-

## Etymology
From Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, Faroese eyknevni, Danish øgenavn, Norwegian Nynorsk aukenamn, Swedish öknamn, and German Low German Ökelname. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire.

## AI Etymology
Nickname comes from Middle English neke name, alteration (due to a rebracketing of an ekename as a nekename) of earlier ekename (“nickname”), from eke (“additional”) + name. Compare Old Norse aukanafn, auknafn, auknefni, Faroese eyknevni, Danish øgenavn, Norwegian Nynorsk aukenamn, Swedish öknamn, and German Low German Ökelname. For other similar cases of incorrect division, see also apron, daffodil, newt, orange, umpire. The historical chain includes Middle English neke name and Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-. Modern senses include an informal name for a person, often a short or funny version of their real name and an informal name given to a place or thing because of a notable feature. The wider word family includes derivatives such as nicknameable, nicknamee, nicknameless, nicknamer, and nicknamey.

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