Etymology

microgame

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Today it means: A board game packaged in a small set with instructions in booklet format and counters to be cut from sheets of paper or cardboard. Full definition →

English game ← Middle English game ← Old English gamen
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mey-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμῑκρός (mīkrós)
  3. Ancient Greekμῑκρο- (mīkro-)
  4. Englishmicro-
  5. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  7. Old Englishgamen
  8. Middle Englishgame
  9. Englishgame
  10. English todaymicrogame

From micro- + game.

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