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Swift.

A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.

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Meaning & usage

name/swɪft/
  1. A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.

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  2. A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014.

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  3. Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”).

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  4. A place name: An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.

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  5. A place name: An unincorporated community in Roseau County, Minnesota, United States.

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  6. A place name: An extinct town in Pemiscot County, Missouri, United States.

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  7. A place name: A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; a which joins the (Warwickshire) in Avon north of Rugby.

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  8. A place name: Ellipsis of Swift County

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  9. Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT

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Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *kswéybʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *swībaną Old English swīfan Old English swift Middle English swift English swiftder. English Swift Derived from swift, from Middle English swift, from Old English swift, from swīfan, from Proto-Germanic *swībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kswéybʰ-e-ti, from *ksweybʰ-.

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