Where does “playscape” come from?
playscape (English) comes from English scape, from Middle English scapen, from Middle English escapen, from Old French escaper, from Vulgar Latin excappare, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
playscape (English): A playground with an integrated design of...
Definitions
- A playground with an integrated design of...
Ancestry of “playscape”, step by step
playscape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English scape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | scape | A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root;... |
| 2 | Middle English | scapen | — |
| 3 | Middle English | escapen | — |
| 4 | Old French | escaper | Alternative form of eschaper |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | excappare | present active infinitive of *excappō;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 |