Where does “Scratch” come from?
Scratch comes from Middle English scracchen, of unknown origin.
Scratch (English): A free educational visual programming language and a programming site developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Definitions
- A free educational visual programming language and a programming site developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
Ancestry of “Scratch”, step by step
Scratch traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English scratten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scratten | to scratch |
via Middle English scracchen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | scracchen | — |