English
hot hatch
Clipped compound of hot hatchback, from hot + hatchback.
Proto-Indo-European *keHy- ‘to heat; to become hot’
Proto-Germanic *haitaz ‘hot’
Proto-West Germanic *hait
Old English hāt ‘hot’
Middle English hot
English hot
The story
Clipped compound of hot hatchback, from hot + hatchback.
Today it means
noun A high-performance hatchback small motor car.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hot hatch