Where does “hacking” come from?
Hacking derives from Middle English hackynge, formed from the Middle English verb hacken with the suffix -ing, which descended from Old English -ing and Old English -ung, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European keg-.
hacking (English): Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky;...
Definitions
- Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacky;...
Ancestry of “hacking”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hackynge | Dicing; the cutting up of food into bits; To... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ing | Forms gerunds from verbs, typically referring to... |
| 3 | Old English | -ing | Forming nouns from verbs, indicating action,... |
| 4 | Old English | -tūn | homestead, village, town |
| 5 | Old English | tūn | enclosure, yard; place; dwelling |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | tūn | fence |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tūną | fence; enclosure |
| 8 | Gaulish | dunum | fort; hill, hillfort |
| 9 | Proto-Celtic | dūnom | stronghold, rampart |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |