The story
- Old English · inherited fromangeltwiċċa
- Middle English · inherited fromangletwitche
- English todayangletwitch
From Middle English angletwitche, angletwatche, from Old English angeltwiċċa, angeltweċċa, angeltwæċċa, angeltwiċċe (“fishing worm”), equivalent to angle + twitch.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.