Etymology

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Today it means: A small and simple game, especially an incidental game within a larger video game. Full definition →

English game ← Middle English game ← Old English gamen
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  1. LatinMinius
  2. Latinminium
  3. Italianminio
  4. Italianminiare
  5. Italianminiatura
  6. Englishminiature
  7. Englishmini-
  8. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  9. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  10. Old Englishgamen
  11. Middle Englishgame
  12. Englishgame
  13. English todayminigame

From mini- + game.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.