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Where does “PlayStation” come from?

PlayStation is a trademark for a video game console, ultimately derived from English play and English station, both tracing back through Middle English pleȝen and Anglo-Norman estation to Latin statio and the root stare meaning to stand.

PlayStation (English): A video game console of the "PlayStation" brand

Definitions

  1. A video game console of the "PlayStation" brand

Ancestry of “PlayStation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstationA stopping place; A place where workers are...
2Middle Englishestacioun—
3Anglo-Normanestationgarrison; pause; break; visit to a church for...
4Latinstatiō—
5Latin-tiō—
6Latindissertātiō—
7Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
8Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
9Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
10Latincalceusshoe
11Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
12Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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