English

hackerazzi

Blend of hacker + paparazzi.

Proto-Indo-European *keg-

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

Old English *haccian ‘to hack’

Middle English hakken ‘to cut (something) with a chopping action, hack’

Middle English hackere ‘one who cuts wood, woodchopper, woodcutter’

Italian paparazzo

Today it means

noun Cybercriminals who hack into celebrities' online accounts to obtain private details to be published in the press.

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

Etymograph / hackerazzi