English
hacktivism
Blend of hack + activism, a portmanteau coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective.
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
The story
Blend of hack + activism, a portmanteau coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective.
Today it means
noun The practice of promoting a political agenda by hacking, especially by defacing or disabling websites.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hacktivism