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
- A video game console of the "PlayStation" brand
Ancestry of “PlayStation”, step by step
PlayStation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English station
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | station | A stopping place; A place where workers are... |
| 2 | Middle English | estacioun | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | estation | garrison; pause; break; visit to a church for... |
| 4 | Latin | statiō | outpost, picket |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English play
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | play | To act in a manner such that one has fun; to... |
| 2 | Middle English | pleye | Happiness, mirth, jolliness, or gaiety; Fun,... |
| 3 | Old English | pleġa | exercise |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | plegō | care; an exercise; a game |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | -ō | Creates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |