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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
HACK.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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HACK (1),
to cut, chop, mangle. (E.) M. E. hakken.
'To hakke and hewe;' Chaucer, C. T. 2867. 'Hackeð of his
heaued' = hacks of his head; Ancren Riwle, p. 298.—A. S. haccan, to hack
(Bosworth); for which I can find no authority. + Du. hakken, to hew, chop. +
Dan. hakke, to hack, hoe. + Swed. hacka, to chop. + G. hacken, to chop,
cleave. β. All from a base HAK, to cut. Der.
haggle,
q.v. Doublet, hash; and see hatch.
➩ Mr. Oliphant
calls attention to O. Northumb. hackande, troublesome, in Early Eng. Psalter,
Surtees Soc., Ps. xxxix. 13. 'Hence, perhaps, our "hacking
cough."' [†] HACK
(2), a
hackney. See Hackney.
ADDENDA The
pt. t. tó-haccode, from an infin.
tó-haccian, occurs in S. Veronica, ed. Goodwin
(Cambridge, 1851), p. 36, l. 22. (T.N. Toller).
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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