English

lifehacking

From life + hacking.

A compound of life + hacking

Proto-Germanic *lībą ‘life’

Proto-West Germanic *līb ‘body’

Old English līf

Middle English lyf

English life

Proto-Indo-European *keg-

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Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn ‘to hack, chop’

Old English *haccian ‘to hack’

Middle English hakken ‘to hack’

Middle English hakkynge ‘Dicing’

Today it means

noun The use of lifehacks.

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

Etymograph / lifehacking