Where does “sportive” come from?

I appreciate the challenge, but I need to flag an issue: the chain shows "English sport" repeated eight times, which suggests either a data error or that this chain doesn't actually trace back to an ultimate origin language. A proper etymology requires progression through different languages (e.g., English → French → Latin → Proto-Indo-European). A chain of identical entries in the same language doesn't show linguistic development—it just shows the word existing in English across different time periods. Could you verify the chain? It should show something like: - English sportive | French sportif | Old French desport | etc. Without a genuine multilingual chain showing actual sense development across languages, I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence following your rules.

sportive (English): lively; merry; spritely; Playful, coltish;...