Where does “hurtbox” come from?
hurtbox (English) comes from English hitbox, from English box, from French boxer, from French -er, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
hurtbox (English): The area (hitbox) around a character in a fighting game such that, if an attack impinges upon it, the character will take damage
Definitions
- The area (hitbox) around a character in a fighting game such that, if an attack impinges upon it, the character will take damage
Ancestry of “hurtbox”, step by step
hurtbox traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hitbox
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hitbox | An invisible shape bounding all or part of a... |
| 2 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 3 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 4 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |