Etymograph

English

hardlock

From hard + lock.

A compound of hard + lock

Proto-Germanic *harduz

Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī)

Old English heard ‘hard’

Middle English hard

English hard

Proto-Indo-European *lewg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *luką

Proto-West Germanic *lok ‘shutter’

Old English loc

Middle English lok

English lock

Today it means

noun A situation where a game becomes unplayable or unresponsive due to a glitch, making further progress or action impossible.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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