Etymology

hitstop

H4I1T1S1T1O1P3

Today it means: The technique of briefly pausing an animation when one character strikes another, typically done to make the hit feel more impactful. Full definition →

English stop ← Middle English stoppen ← Old English stoppian
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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-West Germanic*stoppōn
  9. Old Englishstoppian
  10. Middle Englishstoppen
  11. Englishstop
  12. English todayhitstop

From hit + stop.

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