Etymology

rapcore

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Today it means: A genre of metal music, incorporating loud guitar riffs mixed with rapping, loud almost-screaming singing and rapid drumming. Full definition →

English hardcorebf. ← Middle English core ← Old English heard
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The story

  1. Englishrap
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  3. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hard(ī)
  5. Old Englishheard
  6. Middle Englishhard
  7. Englishhard
  8. Middle Englishcore
  9. Englishcore
  10. Englishhardcorebf.
  11. English todayrapcore

From rap + -core.

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