English
hitperson
From hit (“to murder”) + -person.
Formed from hit ‘to murder’ + -person
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to fall; fall upon; hit’
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Proto-Germanic *hittijaną ‘to come upon, find’
Old Norse hitta ‘to strike, meet’
Old English hittan ‘to meet with, come upon’
Middle English hitten ‘to hit’
English hit
Today it means
noun A hired killer; a hitwoman or hitman.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hitperson