Description : Why is a nick name spelt (Nick)-name?
Last Answer : Nickname Origin: 1400–50; late ME nekename, for ekename (the phrase an ekename being taken as a nekename). See eke 2 , name; cf. newt (source) Ekename Eke“name`\, n. [See Nickname.] An additional or epithet name; a nickname. [Obs.] (source) Welcome to Fluther, and great question!