Etymology

hitbox

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Today it means: An invisible shape bounding all or part of a model (in a video game, etc.) used in collision detection to determine whether another object collides with the model. Full definition →

English box ← Middle English box ← Old English box
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂id-néh₂-ti
  3. Proto-Germanic*hittijaną
  4. Old Norsehitta
  5. Old Englishhyttan
  6. Middle Englishhitten
  7. Englishhit
  8. Ancient Greekπῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
  9. Ancient Greekπυξίς (puxís)
  10. Late Latinbuxis
  11. Proto-West Germanic*buhsā
  12. Old Englishbox
  13. Middle Englishbox
  14. Englishbox
  15. English todayhitbox

From hit + box.

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