Etymograph

English

Hackingian

From Hacking + -ian.

Formed from Hacking + -ian

Proto-Indo-European *keg-

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Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn ‘to hack, chop’

Old English *haccian ‘to hack’

Middle English hakken ‘to hack’

Middle English hakkynge ‘Dicing’

English Hacking

Today it means

adj Of or relating to Ian Hacking (1936–2023), Canadian philosopher specializing in the philosophy of science.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hackingian