Where does “playreader” come from?

playreader (English) comes from English play, from Middle English pleye, from Old English pleġa, from Proto-West Germanic plegō, from Proto-West Germanic -ō, from Proto-Germanic -ô, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

playreader (English): A person employed to read the scripts of plays...

Definitions

  1. A person employed to read the scripts of plays...

Ancestry of “playreader”, step by step

playreader traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English play

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplayTo act in a manner such that one has fun; to...
2Middle EnglishpleyeHappiness, mirth, jolliness, or gaiety; Fun,...
3Old Englishpleġaexercise
4Proto-West Germanicplegōcare; an exercise; a game
5Proto-West GermanicCreates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent...
6Proto-Germanic-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots

via English reader

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishreaderA person who reads; A person who reads a...
2Middle Englishreder
3Old Englishrēdere
4Proto-West Germanicrādāri
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Every word from Proto-Germanic Every word from Proto-West Germanic