English
ludification
Ludification comes from Latin ludificatio ‘derision, mockery’, from ludificare ‘to make sport of’, and ultimately from ludus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEludus‘sport’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEludificare‘to make sport of’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEludificatio‘derision, mockery’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014ludification
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEludus‘sport’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEludificare‘to make sport of’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEludificatio‘derision, mockery’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014ludification
Earliest quotation: 2014, Harald Warmelink, Online Gaming and Playful Organization: “As such, ludification of culture is first and foremost…”
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *loidō ‘to play’
through Latin lūdō ‘to play’
illusion, elusive, collusion, prelude, delusion, interlude, ludicrous, elude, allude, collude, allusive, 17 more
Today it means
noun Derision; mockery.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ludus / ludification