Swift.
A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
Meaning & usage
A surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for a swift or quick person.
A general-purpose multi-paradigm compiled programming language introduced by Apple Inc. in 2014.
Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT (“Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication”).
A place name: An unincorporated community in DuPage County, Illinois, United States.
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A place name: A minor river in Leicestershire and Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom; a which joins the (Warwickshire) in Avon north of Rugby.
A place name: Ellipsis of Swift County
Alternative letter-case form of SWIFT
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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