Where does “playscheme” come from?
playscheme (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.
playscheme (English): A scheme offering recreational activities for...
Definitions
- A scheme offering recreational activities for...
Ancestry of “playscheme”, step by step
playscheme traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English Scheme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Scheme | A programming language, one of the two major dialects of Lisp |
| 2 | Latin | schēma | shape, figure, form, manner, posture |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | σχῆμα | form, shape, figure; appearance, show, pretense;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἔχω | I have, possess, contain, own; I hold; I have... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hékʰō | to have |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | seǵʰ- | to hold; to overpower |