Etymograph

English

impact play

From impact + play.

A compound of impact + play

Latin impāctus

English impact

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

Today it means

noun The practice of striking another person, either with the hand(s) or with an instrument, for the (usually sexual) pleasure of one or both parties.

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