Etymograph

English

itching

Itching comes from Middle English icchynge.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500icchynge
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1856itching

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500icchynge
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1856itching

Earliest quotation: 1856, Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology: “Itchings, hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body,…”

Formed from itch + -ing

Proto-Germanic *jukjǭ

Old English ġiċċe

Middle English icche

English itch

Every English word from Middle English icchynge

Today it means

noun A sensation that itches.

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

Etymograph / Middle English icchynge / itching

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