Where does “exergame” come from?
exergame (English) comes from English game, from Middle English game, from Old English gamen, from Proto-West Germanic gaman, from Proto-Germanic gamaną, from Proto-Germanic ga-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
exergame (English): A video game that also provides the player with...
Definitions
- A video game that also provides the player with...
Ancestry of “exergame”, step by step
exergame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English game
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | game | A playful or competitive activity; A video game;... |
| 2 | Middle English | game | Entertainment or an instance of it; that which is... |
| 3 | Old English | gamen | game, sport, or pastime; joy, mirth, or pleasure |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gaman | pleasure, fun, amusement, entertainment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gamaną | a fellow human, associate, companion; pleasure,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ga- | Indicates association or togetherness; co-;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via English exercise
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | exercise | Any activity designed to develop or hone a skill... |
| 2 | Middle English | exercise | — |
| 3 | Old French | exercise | — |
| 4 | Latin | exercitium | exercise, practice |
| 5 | Latin | exerceo | I keep busy, keep at work, drive on; occupy,... |
| 6 | Latin | arceo | I shut up, enclose; box in; I keep off, ward off;... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | arkeō | to contain |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erk- | to protect, guard, hold, lock |