Where does “հեշթեգ” come from?
հեշթեգ (Armenian) comes from English hashtag, from English hash tag, from English hash, from French hacher, from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia — to dig; to strike, to beat.
հեշթեգ (Armenian): hashtag
Ancestry of “հեշթեգ”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | hashtag | A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign... |
| 2 | English | hash tag | — |
| 3 | English | hash | Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and... |
| 4 | French | hacher | to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut... |
| 5 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 6 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 7 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 9 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |