Etymology

hitch

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Today it means: A sudden pull. Full definition →

Middle English hicchen
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hitch · noun, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromhicchen
  2. English todayhitch

Probably from Middle English hicchen, hytchen, icchen (“to move; to move as with a jerk”), of obscure origin. Lacks cognates in other languages. Compare itch, hike.

Hitch · proper noun2

From a medieval diminutive of the male give name Richard.

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