Etymology

hitscan

H4I1T1S1C3A1N1

Today it means: A calculation to find the point at which a given line intersects an object in the game world, commonly used to determine whether a bullet or projectile hits a target. Full definition →

English scan ← Middle English scanne ← Latin scandō
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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. Proto-Indo-European*skend-
  9. Proto-Italic*skandō
  10. Latinscandō
  11. Middle Englishscanden
  12. Middle Englishscanne
  13. Englishscan
  14. English todayhitscan

From hit + scan.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.