Etymograph

English

gamer leg

From gamer + leg.

A compound of gamer + leg

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

Proto-Germanic *lagjaz ‘leg’

Old Norse leggr ‘leg’

Middle English leg ‘leg’

English leg

The story

Of the first sense, since gamers and desk workers who stay seated for excessively long periods without moving their legs are at a higher risk of developing blood clots.

Today it means

noun Vasculitis.

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

Etymograph / gamer leg