Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗prefix
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOf or relating to games, especially video games.
From Latin ludus (“game”) and also back-formation from words like ludology (“the study of games”) and ludonarrative (“the intersection between a video game's gameplay and narrative”).
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- Derivation mentionludusla
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