Etymograph

English

fidget

From fidge (“to fidget”) + *-et (frequentative ending), possibly from Middle English *-ten, from Old English -ettan.

Formed from fidge ‘to fidget’

Middle English fiken ‘to jitter’

English fidge

Today it means

verb To wiggle or twitch; to move the body, especially the fingers, around nervously or idly.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fidget