Etymograph

English

hackability

From hack + -ability.

A compound of hack + -ability

Proto-Indo-European *keg-

Proto-Germanic *hakkōną ‘to chop’

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

Old English *haccian ‘to hack’

Middle English hacken

English hack

Today it means

noun The state or condition of being hackable.

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

Etymograph / hackability