Where did the term Antsy come from?
Etymology. From ants + -y, as in ants in one's pants. First noted as a rural Southern USA figure of speech in the early 20th century.
Is Antsy a British word?
it (pron.)\n\n Old English hit, neuter nominative and accusative of third person singular pronoun, from Proto-Germanic demonstrative base *khi- (source also of Old Frisian hit, Dutch het, Gothic hita "it"), from PIE *ko- "this" (see he).
Where did the word it originate from?
very nervous, worried, or unpleasantly excited: It was a long drive and the children started to get antsy.