ich
The origin and history of ich.
Etymology
The pronoun comes from Old English "ic," an older ancestor of "I"; the fish-disease sense is simply a shortening of the parasite's scientific name, Ichthyophthirius.
The origin and history of ich.
The pronoun comes from Old English "ic," an older ancestor of "I"; the fish-disease sense is simply a shortening of the parasite's scientific name, Ichthyophthirius.
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