Where does “hashpipe” come from?
hashpipe (English) comes from English hash, from French hacher, from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache, from Vulgar Latin *happia, from Frankish happja, from Proto-Germanic *hapjǭ — to dig; to strike, to beat.
hashpipe (English): A pipe used to smoke hashish
Definitions
- A pipe used to smoke hashish
Ancestry of “hashpipe”, step by step
hashpipe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hash
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hash | Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and... |
| 2 | French | hacher | to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut... |
| 3 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 4 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 5 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 7 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |
via English pipe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pipe | Meanings relating to a wind instrument; Meanings... |
| 2 | Middle English | pīpe | A pipe; a piece of tubing used as a channel (often for fluids) |
| 3 | Middle English | pipen | To use a pipe or similar musical instrument; to... |
| 4 | Old English | pīpian | to pipe |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | pīpan | to peep, to chirp, to squeak |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 7 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |