English
hackerish
From hacker + -ish.
Formed from hacker + -ish
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’
English hacker
Today it means
adj Resembling or characteristic of a hacker (technically skilled computer enthusiast).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hackerish