English

hashbang

From hash + bang.

A compound of hash + bang

Frankish *happjā ‘axe’

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Old French hache ‘axe’

Old French hacher ‘to chop up, mince’

Middle French hacher ‘to chop up, mince’

French hacher ‘to chop’

English hash

Middle English *bangen

English bang

Today it means

noun A shebang (#! character sequence).

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

Etymograph / hashbang