English
hitscan
From hit + scan.
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-néh₂-ti
Proto-Germanic *hittijaną ‘to encounter’
Old Norse hitta ‘to hit upon, meet’
Old English hyttan
Middle English hitten ‘to strike’
English hit
Proto-Indo-European *skend- ‘to jump up, ascend’
Proto-Italic *skandō
Latin scandō ‘to climb, ascend, mount’
Middle English scanden ‘to scan verse’
Middle English scanne
English scan
Today it means
noun A calculation to find the point at which a given line intersects an object in the game world, commonly used to determine whether a bullet or projectile hits a target.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hitscan