English
Playmaster
From play + master, a trademark of the 1980s.
Proto-West Germanic *plegō ‘an exercise’
Proto-West Germanic *plegōn ‘to move; to engage, practice’
Old English plegian ‘to play’
Middle English pleyen ‘to engage in a game or sport’
English play
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s ‘big’
Old Latin magester
Latin magister ‘chief’
Old English mǣster
Middle English maister ‘master’
English master
Today it means
noun An electronic device that keeps track of tokens, properties and dice rolls, and initiates auctions and mortgages, in the game Monopoly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Playmaster