Etymology

gammock

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Today it means: Fun, sport, play, frolic. Full definition →

Middle English *gammok ← Old English *gamnoc
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromgamen“sport, amusement”
  2. Old English · inherited from*gamnecian
  3. Old English · inherited from*gamnoc
  4. Middle English · inherited from*gammok
  5. English todaygammock

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *gammok, from Old English *gamnoc, *gamenoc (“little game, bit of fun”), equivalent to game + -ock (diminutive suffix). Alternatively, perhaps from Old English *gamnecian, *gamenecian (“to frolic”), from Old English gamen (“sport, amusement”) + -(e)cian (frequentative suffix).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgamen all →

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