English
hackster
From hack (“to cut; to gain unauthorized access to”) + -ster.
Formed from hack ‘to cut’ + -ster
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 One who hacks computers; a hacker.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hackster