Etymology

hitstun

H4I1T1S1T1U1N1

Today it means: A brief state after being hit by an attack during which a character is unable to move ("stunned"). Full definition →

English stun ← Middle English hitten ← Old English hyttan
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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. Englishstun
  9. English todayhitstun

From hit + stun.

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