hackery

hackery · noun¹

1. Sanskrit · derived fromचक्र“wheel, disc, cycle”
2. Gujarati · borrowed fromચક્રો“ox-cart, rickshaw”
3. Hindi · borrowed fromचक्र“wheel”
4. English todayhackery

Uncertain. Variously derived from corruption of hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”), from Hindi चक्र (cakra, “wheel”) under influence from -ery, and from Gujarati ચક્રો (cakro, “ox-cart, rickshaw”), the latter two both from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, disc, cycle”).

hackery · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromhakken“to cut violently or coarsely”
2. English todayhackery

From hack + -ery. In its computing sense, from Middle English hakken (“to cut violently or coarsely”) etc., q.v. In its pejorative sense, from hackney (“cheap carriage for hire”).

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