chicks - происхождение slang

[Ken Golovin]

привет!

меня интересует имеет ли значение "девочки" слова chicks корни из испанского chicas или это происходит от "цыпленочек"? :)

[B. Meyer]

According to the online etymological dictionary at http://www.etymonline.com/:

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c .1400, abbreviation of chicken (q.v.), extended to "a child" and used as a term of endearment. As slang for "young woman" it is first recorded 1927 in black slang, popularized 1960s.
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If this is correct, there is no Spanish connection.

Thanks for asking, I learned something.

[triplet]

Also from Urban dictionary:

chick 18 up, 26 down

Chick is originally an abbreviation of chicken. Since a time long forgotten it has been used in a metaphorical way referring to women, primarily due to their genetically caused affinity to an hyperactive flow of talk, as well as other strong likenesses:
-they are easy to excite
-usually turn up in masses and seldom are seen alone
-they get drunk easily
-their meaning of life is to eat and be eaten (out).

[Ken Golovin]

cheers guys! I've been wondering about this one for a while