Etymograph

English

hackerism

From hacker + -ism.

Formed from hacker + -ism

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

noun Synonym of hackerdom.

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

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