Etymograph

English

hittable

From hit + -able.

A compound of hit + -able

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

adj Able to be hit; fit to be hit

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

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