Etymograph

English

Hashbury

Hashbury comes from English hash ‘hashish’.

  1. English1500–presenthash‘hashish’
  2. EnglishtodayHashbury

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presenthash‘hashish’
  2. EnglishtodayHashbury

A blend of hash + Haight-Ashbury

Frankish *happjā ‘axe’

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Old French hache ‘axe’

Old French hacher ‘to chop up, mince’

Middle French hacher ‘to chop up, mince’

French hacher ‘to chop’

English hash

Today it means

name Nickname for Haight-Ashbury: a district of San Francisco, California.

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

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