Where does “hitmarker” come from?
hitmarker (English) comes from English marker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
hitmarker (English): An audiovisual cue indicating that an enemy has been hit
Definitions
- An audiovisual cue indicating that an enemy has been hit
Ancestry of “hitmarker”, step by step
hitmarker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English marker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | marker | An object used to mark a location; Someone or... |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English hit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hit | "To strike."; To manage to touch in the right... |
| 2 | Middle English | hit | Third-person singular neuter pronoun: it;... |
| 3 | Old English | hit | it |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hit | nominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe- | demonstrative particle; here; this, here |