English
Minecraft
From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.
A compound of mine + -craft
Proto-Indo-European *méynos
Proto-Germanic *mīnaz ‘my’
Proto-West Germanic *mīn ‘my’
Old English mīn
Middle English min
English mine
The story
From mine + -craft; coined by Paul Eres in May 2009, a member of the TIGSource Forums.
Today it means
name A sandbox video game, released in 2011, in which players explore a three-dimensional world made of blocks and can craft items, build structures, fight mobs to get experience points, enchant items and defeat bosses to earn rewards.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Minecraft