Where does “itchies” come from?
itchies (English) comes from English itchy, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
itchies (English): An itchy or fidgety condition
Definitions
- An itchy or fidgety condition
Ancestry of “itchies”, step by step
itchies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English itchy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | itchy | Having or creating an itch, causing a person or... |
| 2 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 3 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 4 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via English S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |