Etymology

cybersport

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Today it means: Electronic sport. Full definition →

English sport ← Middle English sporten ← Anglo-Norman desporter
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  1. Ancient Greekκυβερνάω (kubernáō)
  2. Ancient Greekκυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)
  3. Englishcyberneticclip.
  4. Englishcyber-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  6. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  8. Proto-Italic*dis-
  9. Latindis-
  10. Old Frenchdes-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*pr̥téh₂
  13. Proto-Italic*portā
  14. Proto-Italic*portāō
  15. Latinportāre
  16. Old Frenchporter
  17. Anglo-Normandesporter
  18. Middle Englishdisporten
  19. Middle Englishsporten
  20. Englishsport
  21. English todaycybersport

From cyber- + sport.

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