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Where does “unhash” come from?

unhash (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.

unhash (English): To decode

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Ancestry of “unhash”, step by step

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
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