Etymology

hurtbox

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Today it means: The area (hitbox) around a character in a fighting game such that, if an attack impinges upon it, the character will take damage. Full definition →

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

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

Blend of hurt + hitbox.

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