Etymology

gamer

gam·er
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Today it means: A person who plays any kind of game. Full definition →

Middle English gamer ← Old English gamen ← Proto-West Germanic *gaman
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gamer · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  3. Old Englishgamen
  4. Middle Englishgame
  5. Middle Englishgamer
  6. English todaygamer

From Middle English gamer, attested since before 1450 as a common noun and possibly since 1248 in the name of one Johannes le Gamer. Equivalent to game (noun) + -er (occupational suffix).

gamer · adjective2

  1. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  3. Old Englishgamen
  4. Middle Englishgame
  5. Englishgame
  6. English todaygamer

From game (adjective) + -er (comparative suffix).

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