Etymology of game

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗

verb

To gamble. · To play card games, board games, or video games. · To exploit loopholes in a system or bureaucracy in a way which defeats or nullifies the spirit of the rules in effect, usually to obtain a result which otherwise would be unobtainable. · To perform premeditated seduction strategy.

adj

Willing and able to participate. · That shows a tendency to continue to fight against another animal, despite being wounded, often severely. · Persistent, especially in senses similar to the above.

noun

A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime. · An activity described by a set of rules, especially for the purpose of entertainment, often competitive or having an explicit goal. · A school subject during which sports are practised. · A particular instance of playing a game.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *gamaną Proto-West Germanic *gaman Old English gamen Middle English game English game From Middle English game, gamen, gammen, from Old English gamen (“sport, joy, mirth, pastime, game, amusement, pleasure”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaman, from Proto-Germanic *gamaną (“amusement, pleasure, game", literally "participation, communion, people together”), from *ga- (collective prefix) + *mann- (“man”); or alternatively from *ga- + a root from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think, have in mind”). Cognate with Yola gaame, gaaume, gaume (“game”), Old Frisian game, gome (“joy, amusement, entertainment”), Dutch gemelijk (“cantankerous, crabbed”), Middle High German gamen (“joy, amusement, fun, pleasure”), Danish gammen (“merriment”), Icelandic, Norwegian Nynorsk gaman (“joy, fun”), Swedish gamman (“mirth, rejoicing, merriment”). Related to gammon, gamble.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

Inherited-form mentiongameenm
Inherited-form mentiongamenang
Inherited-form mention*gamangmw-pro
Inherited-form mention*gamanągem-pro
Derivation mention*men-ine-pro
Cognate mentiongaameyol
Cognate mentiongameofs
Cognate mentiongemelijknl · cantankerous, crabbed
Cognate mentiongamengmh · joy, amusement, fun, pleasure
Cognate mentiongammenda · merriment
Cognate mentiongamannn · joy, fun
Cognate mentiongammansv · mirth, rejoicing, merriment

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