Etymograph

English

TV game

TV game comes from Japanese テレビゲーム ‘a video game played on a home console’, and goes back to English TV.

  1. English1500–presentTV
  2. Japanesemodernテレビゲームterebi gēmu‘a video game played on a home console’
  3. EnglishtodayTV game

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentTV
  2. Japanesemodernテレビゲームterebi gēmu‘a video game played on a home console’
  3. EnglishtodayTV game

Made of the words TV + game

Proto-Germanic *gamaną ‘amusement, pleasure’

Proto-West Germanic *gaman ‘pleasure, fun, amusement’

Old English gamen ‘sport, game, pastime’

Middle English game

English game

The story

NNSE sense is borrowed from Japanese テレビゲーム (terebi gēmu), from English TV + game.

Every English word from English TV

Today it means

noun An early type of video game, the predecessor of modern games consoles, consisting of a unit with a built-in controller that plugged into a television set.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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