Meaning

noun a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation

noun a strong restless desire

noun an irritating cutaneous sensation that produces a desire to scratch

originFrom Middle English icchen, ȝicchen, from Old English ġiċċan, ġyċċan (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0