English

kid hack

kid + hack, a clipping of hackney carriage.

A compound of kid + hack

Proto-Germanic *kidją ‘goatling’

Old Norse kið ‘young goat’

Middle English kide ‘kid’

English kid

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 A horse-drawn school bus.

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

Etymograph / kid hack