Faster than something else; happening or moving in a shorter amount of time.
From Old English 'cwic' (alive, moving), the comparative form 'quicker' originally meant 'more alive' or 'more lively,' eventually evolving to mean 'faster.'
The word 'quick' originally meant 'alive'—which tells you something profound: our ancestors thought of speed and life force as connected, imagining that alive things move fast and dead things are still.
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