gammet

The story

1. Old English · derived fromgamen“fun, amusement”
2. Old English · inherited from*gamnettan“to entertain, amuse, play”
3. Middle English · inherited from*gammeten
4. English todaygammet

Uncertain. Perhaps from an unrecorded Middle English *gammeten, *gametten (“to frolic, entertain, jest”), from Old English *gamnettan (“to entertain, amuse, play”), from Old English gamen (“fun, amusement”) + -ettan (verbal suffix).

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