Where does “crossplay” come from?
crossplay (English) comes from English cosplay, from Japanese コスプレ, from English costume, from French costume, from Italian costume, from Latin cōnsuētūdō, from Latin cōnsuēscō, from Latin suēscō — to do, put, place.
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Ancestry of “crossplay”, step by step
crossplay traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English cosplay
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | cosplay | The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character |
| 2 | Japanese | コスプレ | cosplay |
| 3 | English | costume | A style of dress, including garments, accessories... |
| 4 | French | costume | A style of dress characteristic of a particular... |
| 5 | Italian | costume | A custom, habit; A costume; A swimsuit |
| 6 | Latin | cōnsuētūdō | The act of habituating; state of being habituated or accustomed, habituation |
| 7 | Latin | cōnsuēscō | to accustom, inure or habituate, tend to |
| 8 | Latin | suēscō | to become used or accustomed to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁-sk- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |
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 |