Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo amuse oneself, to play. · To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with. · To display; to have as a notable feature. · To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ ▲ Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu. Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂ Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂ Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun), from Old French desporter (“to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement”), etymologically meaning "to carry away (the mind from serious matters)," from des- + porter, from Latin dis- + Latin portāre, ultimately from Latin deportāre, from de- + portāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to lead, pass over”)). Replaced native English laik, lake (“sport, fun, amusement”), and Middle English spile, spyl (“fun, sport, play”). More at disport. Doublet of disport and deport.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionsportenenm · to divert, disport
- Derivation mentiondesporterfro · to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement
- Derivation mentiondis-la
- Derivation mentionportārela
- Derivation mentiondeportārela
- Derivation mention*per-ine-pro · to lead, pass over
- Non-cognate comparisonlaiken
- Non-cognate comparisonspileenm
- Doublet mentiondisporten
- Doublet mentiondeporten
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"To amuse oneself, to play.",
"To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.",
"To display; to have as a notable feature.",
"To divert; to amuse; to make merry."
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