English

killstreak

From kill + streak.

A compound of kill + streak

Middle English killen

English kill

Proto-Indo-European *streyg- ‘line’

Proto-Germanic *strikiz ‘line’

Old English strica

Middle English streke

Today it means

noun An unbroken streak (continuous series) of kills.

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

Etymograph / killstreak