Where does “hashtivist” come from?
hashtivist (English) comes from English activist, from English active, from Middle English actyf, from Old French actif, from Latin āctīvus, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργητικός, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργέω, from Ancient Greek ἐνεργός.
hashtivist (English): An individual who engages in "hashtivism", a form of digital activism that uses social media hashtags to promote a political or social cause
Definitions
- An individual who engages in "hashtivism", a form of digital activism that uses social media hashtags to promote a political or social cause
Ancestry of “hashtivist”, step by step
hashtivist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English activist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | activist | One who is politically active in the role of a... |
| 2 | English | active | Having the power or quality of acting; causing... |
| 3 | Middle English | actyf | active, reactive |
| 4 | Old French | actif | active |
| 5 | Latin | āctīvus | active |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργητικός | Able to act on; acting on; Active; In the active... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργέω | to be in action or activity, to operate; to... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἐνεργός | at work, active |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἐν- | in, within; on |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | ἐν | in, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | δέρμα | skin, hide |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | γλυφή | carving, carved work; hole cut |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | -ῐ́ᾱ | {{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
via English hashtag
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hashtag | A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign... |
| 2 | English | hash tag | — |
| 3 | English | hash | Food, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and... |
| 4 | French | hacher | to chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut... |
| 5 | Middle French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 6 | Old French | hacher | to chop up, mince |
| 7 | Old French | hache | axe |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | *happia | — |
| 9 | Frankish | happja | axe, hatchet |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | *hapjǭ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kop- | to dig; to strike, to beat |