Etymology

playhouse

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Today it means: A venue for performing plays. Full definition →

Middle English *pleyhous ← Old English pleġhūs
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  1. Old English · inherited frompleġhūs“playhouse, theatre”
  2. Middle English · inherited from*pleyhous
  3. English todayplayhouse

From Middle English *pleyhous, possibly continuing Old English pleġhūs (“playhouse, theatre”). By surface analysis, play + house. Compare Dutch speelhuis, German Spielhaus.

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