Etymograph

English

hachure

Hachure comes from French hachure ‘crosshatching’, from hacher ‘to hatch’, and ultimately from 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 hatch’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presenthachure‘crosshatching’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1990same 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 hatch’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presenthachure‘crosshatching’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1990same form

Earliest quotation: 1990, Oxford University Press, The Oxford School Atlas (27th Edition): “The adjoining Fig. 1 shows a mountainous island with…”

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 hatch’

hash, 2 more

Today it means

noun A line on a map indicating the steepness of a slope.⁷

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

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

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