English
hitch
Hitch may come from Middle English hicchen ‘to move’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hicchen‘to move’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1655hitch
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hicchen‘to move’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1655hitch
Earliest quotation: 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […]: “To ease themselves […] by hitching into another place.”
The story
Lacks cognates in other languages.
Every English word from Middle English hicchen
Today it means
noun A sudden pull.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hicchen / hitch