Etymology

he-bitch

Today it means: A man who behaves obnoxiously or promiscuously; a male bitch. Full definition →

English bitch ← Middle English bicche ← Old English biċċe
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The story

  1. Englishhe-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-
  3. Proto-Germanic*bikjaną
  4. Proto-Germanic*bikjǭ
  5. Proto-West Germanic*bikkjā
  6. Old Englishbiċċe
  7. Middle Englishbicche
  8. Englishbitch
  9. English todayhe-bitch

From he- + bitch.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.