English

hackdom

From hack + -dom.

Formed from hack + -dom

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 realm or sphere of hacks, or inferior writers.

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