Etymology

retrogamer

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Today it means: A retrogaming enthusiast. Full definition →

English gamer ← Middle English gamer ← Old English gamen
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Latinretrō
  4. Englishretro-
  5. Proto-Germanic*gamaną
  6. Proto-West Germanic*gaman
  7. Old Englishgamen
  8. Middle Englishgame
  9. Middle Englishgamer
  10. Englishgamer
  11. English todayretrogamer

From retro- + gamer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.