English
hackerspace
From hacker + space.
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
Proto-Indo-European *(s)peh₂- ‘to stretch’
Latin spatium ‘space’
Old French espace ‘space’
Anglo-Norman space
Middle English space
English space
Today it means
noun A community-operated workspace where people with common interests, often in computers, machining, science, and digital or electronic art, can meet to socialize and collaborate on projects.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hackerspace