Etymology

witching

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers. Full definition →

Middle English wicching
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witching · adjective, verb1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromwicching
  2. English todaywitching

From Middle English wicching, wicchand, equivalent to witch + -ing.

witching · noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromwiċċung“witching, witchcraft”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwicchinge
  3. English todaywitching

From Middle English wicchinge, from Old English wiċċung (“witching, witchcraft”), equivalent to witch + -ing.

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