Etymology

retrogaming

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Today it means: The hobby of playing or collecting older video games and computer games. Full definition →

English gaming ← Latin retrō ← Proto-Italic *wre-
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Latinretrō
  4. Englishretro-
  5. Englishgaming
  6. English todayretrogaming

From retro- + gaming.

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