Etymology

desport

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Today it means: To disport. Full definition →

Middle English disporten ← Old French desporter
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromdesporter
  2. Middle English · inherited fromdisporten
  3. English todaydesport

From Middle English disporten, from Anglo-Norman and Old French desporter, deporter (“to take pleasure”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishdisporten all →

disport

Old Frenchdesporter all →

sportdisport

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.