hash

hash · noun, verb¹

1. Frankish · derived from*happjā“axe”
2. Old French · derived fromhache“axe”
3. Old French · derived fromhacher
4. Middle French · derived fromhacher
5. French · derived fromhacher“to chop”
6. English todayhash

From French hacher (“to chop”), from Middle French hacher, from Old French hacher, from Old French hache (“axe”), from Frankish *happjā (“axe”). Compare also Old English ġehæċċa (“sausage meat”, literally “that which is hacked or chopped up”).

hash · noun²

Clipping of hashish.

Words from the same roots