Etymograph

English

hachement

Hachement comes from French hacher ‘to chop’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *keg-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keg-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakkōną‘to chop’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*hakkōnreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hacher‘to chop up, mince’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘to chop up, mince’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to chop’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presenthachement
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keg-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hakkōną‘to chop’reconstructed
  3. Frankishc. 250–700*hakkōnreconstructed
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400hacher‘to chop up, mince’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600same form‘to chop up, mince’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to chop’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presenthachement
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *keg-

hacking, hacker, hake, 4 more

through Proto-Germanic *hakkōną ‘to chop’

hack, hock, haggle, 4 more

through Middle French hacher ‘to chop up, mince’

hatch, 2 more

through French hacher ‘to chop’

hash, 2 more

Today it means

noun In massage, a hacking or chopping stroke repeated in succession with the edge of the extended fingers or with the whole hand.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keg- / hachement

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