English
fiddlesome
From fiddle + -some.
Formed from fiddle + -some
Proto-Germanic *fiþulǭ
Proto-West Germanic *fiþulā
Old English *fiþele ‘fiddle or violin’
Middle English fithele ‘a string instrument played with a bow’
English fiddle
Today it means
adj Characterised or marked by fiddling (fidgeting or manipulating).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fiddlesome