Etymograph

English

kickster

From kick + -ster.

Formed from kick + -ster

Proto-Germanic *kaikaz ‘bent backwards’

Old Norse kikna ‘to sink at the knees’

Middle English kyken ‘to strike out with the foot’

English kick

Today it means

noun A person who derives pleasure from kicks (thrills).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / kickster