Where does “bodyhacking” come from?

bodyhacking (English) comes from English hacking, from Middle English hackynge, from Middle English -ing, from Old English -ing, from Old English -tūn, from Old English tūn, from Proto-West Germanic tūn, from Proto-Germanic tūną — smoke; mist, haze.

bodyhacking (English): The manipulation of the body via either external...

Definitions

  1. The manipulation of the body via either external...

Ancestry of “bodyhacking”, step by step

bodyhacking traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hacking

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhackingShort and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky;...
2Middle EnglishhackyngeDicing; the cutting up of food into bits; To...
3Middle English-ingForms gerunds from verbs, typically referring to...
4Old English-ingForming nouns from verbs, indicating action,...
5Old English-tūnhomestead, village, town
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze

via English Body

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishBodyCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
2Middle Englishbodemessenger
3Old Englishbodamessenger, envoy, herald, apostle, angel; prophet
4Proto-Germanicbudômessenger
5Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂-Every word from Proto-Celtic dūnomEvery word from Gaulish dunum