itching

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of itch

Noun

• A sensation that itches.

Origin

• From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan, equivalent to itch + -ing.
• From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ʒicchunge (also unassibilated as ʒykynge), equivalent to itch + -ing.