English
Gamergate
From gamer + -gate.
Formed from gamer + -gate
Proto-Germanic *gamaną ‘pleasure, enjoyment, joy’
Proto-West Germanic *gaman ‘pleasure, fun, amusement, entertainment’
Old English gamen ‘game, sport, or pastime’
Middle English game ‘Sexual or romantic dalliance’
Middle English gamer
English gamer
The story
Coined or popularized by American actor Adam Baldwin.
Today it means
name A campaign that started in 2014 and happened primarily online, which centered around sexism and anti-progressivism in video game culture and took the form of a harassment campaign against women in the video game industry.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Gamergate