ithand

Meaning

Adjective

• Industrious; assiduous; continually busy; diligent.
• Plodding; constant; continual.
• Conscientious; considerate; watchful; careful; attentive.
• Continuous; persistent.

Origin

• From Middle English ithand, an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of ithen, from Old Norse iðinn ("assiduous, diligent"), from iðja, iðna, from ið, equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn ("diligent"), Norwegian idig ("busy"), Danish idelig ("continual"), and perhaps to English eddy.