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Where does “cyberhacking” come from?

cyberhacking (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.

cyberhacking (English): computer hacking; the act of breaking into...

Definitions

  1. computer hacking; the act of breaking into...

Ancestry of “cyberhacking”, step by step

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-tūn—
6Old Englishtūnenclosure, yard; place; dwelling
7Proto-West Germanictūnfence
8Proto-Germanictūnąfence; enclosure
9Gaulishdunumfort; hill, hillfort
10Proto-Celticdūnomstronghold, rampart
11Proto-Indo-Europeandʰewh₂-smoke; mist, haze
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