Where does “unhashable” come from?
unhashable (English) comes from English hashable, 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.
unhashable (English): Not hashable
Definitions
- Not hashable
Ancestry of “unhashable”, step by step
unhashable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hashable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hashable | That can be hashed |
| 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 |
via English un
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | un | One |