Where does “scratch” come from?

scratch (French) comes from English Scratch, from Middle English scratten — to scratch.

scratch (French): Velcro

Definitions

  1. Velcro

Ancestry of “scratch”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishScratchA free educational visual programming language and a programming site developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab
2Middle Englishscrattento scratch
Every word from Middle English scratten →Every word from English Scratch →