Etymology

itching

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Today it means: A sensation that itches. Full definition →

Middle English ecchinge ← Old English ġiċċende ← Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi
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itching · verb1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*jukkjandi
  2. Old English · inherited fromġiċċende“itching”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromecchinge
  4. English todayitching

From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing.

itching · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromicchynge
  2. English todayitching

From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ʒicchunge (also unassibilated as ʒykynge), equivalent to itch + -ing.

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