Where does “megahash” come from?

megahash (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.

megahash (English): A million hashes

Definitions

  1. A million hashes

Ancestry of “megahash”, step by step

megahash traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hash

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhashFood, especially meat and potatoes, chopped and...
2Frenchhacherto chop up, mince; to split with an axe; to cut...
3Middle Frenchhacherto chop up, mince
4Old Frenchhacherto chop up, mince
5Old Frenchhacheaxe
6Vulgar Latin*happia
7Frankishhappjaaxe, hatchet
8Proto-Germanic*hapjǭ
9Proto-Indo-Europeankop-to dig; to strike, to beat

via English mega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmegaVery large; great; excellent
2Ancient Greekμέγαςbig, large; great, mighty, loud; marvelous,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kop-