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Where does “hittable” come from?

hittable (English) comes from English hit, from Middle English hit, from Old English hit, from Proto-Germanic hit, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe- — demonstrative particle; here; this, here.

hittable (English): Able to be hit; fit to be hit

Definitions

  1. Able to be hit; fit to be hit

Ancestry of “hittable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhit"To strike."; To manage to touch in the right...
2Middle EnglishhitThird-person singular neuter pronoun: it;...
3Old Englishhitit
4Proto-Germanichitnominative/accusative singular neuter of *hiz
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱe-demonstrative particle; here; this, here

Words derived from “hittable”

  • unhittable
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