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