Editing Hackney carriage (section)

==Etymology==
{{See also|Hackney horse|Hackney pony}}
The origins of the word hackney in connection with horses and carriages are uncertain. The origin is often attributed to the [[Hackney, London|London borough of Hackney]], whose name likely originated in Old English meaning 'Haka's Island'. There is some doubt whether the [[Hack (horse)|word ''hack'' for a horse]] was derived from this place-name, as the area was historically marshy and not well-suited for keeping horses.<ref>'Oxford English Dictionary' online pay site accessed 18 April 2018</ref> The [[American Hackney Horse Society]] favours an alternative etymology stemming from the French word ''haquenée''—a horse of medium size recommended for lady riders—which was brought to England with the Norman Conquest and became fully assimilated into the English language by the start of the 14th century. The word became associated with an ambling horse, usually for hire.

<!--Despite the currency of this opinion, however, earlier sources dispute it. In 1908, a popular London newspaper stated, "The hackney coach—which is commonly supposed, though wrongly, to have taken its name from the district in the north of London—was started in the metropolis so long ago as 1025 by a certain Captain Bailey."<ref>{{cite journal|title=Hansoms and Growlers|journal=The Globe and Traveller|date=10 August 1908|page=1}}</ref> well, after 1000 years maybe they made a mistake? Most likely they did, for this Captain Bailey was contemporary of Sir Walter Raleigh. In the wake of a flood of hackney coaches, run from inns and tavern, for which the public were asked to pay all manner of fares, Bailey set up the world's first 'cab rank', at the Maypole in the Strand, with four coaches and charged set fares to destinations.  -->The place-name, through its famous association with horses and horse-drawn carriages, is also the root of the Spanish word ''[[Jaca Navarra|jaca]]'', a term used for a small breed of horse<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dle.rae.es/?w=jaca|title=jaca |work= Diccionario de la lengua española |publisher=Real Academia Española|access-date=7 April 2011}}</ref> and the [[Sardinia]]n [[Giara horse|achetta]] horse. The first documented hackney coach—the name later extended to the newer and smaller carriages—operated in London in 1621.

The New York City colloquial terms "hack" (taxi or taxi-driver), [[Taxicab stand|hackstand]] (taxi stand), and hack license (taxi licence) are probably derived from hackney carriage. Such cabs are now regulated by the [[New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission]].<ref>{{Cite web| title = About TLC – TLC| access-date = 13 November 2023| url = https://www.nyc.gov/site/tlc/about/about-tlc.page |website=[[New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission]]}}</ref>