English
ludography
Ludography comes from Latin ludus ‘game’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEludus‘game’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014ludography
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEludus‘game’
- Englishearliest quotation 2014ludography
Earliest quotation: 2014, Clara Fernández-Vara, Introduction to Game Analysis: “Examples are drawn from a range of games, both…”
Formed from ludus ‘game’ + -graphy
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *loidō ‘to play’
through Latin lūdō ‘to play’
illusion, elusive, collusion, delusion, ludicrous, prelude, interlude, elude, allude, collude, allusive, 17 more
Today it means
noun A list of the games mentioned in a publication.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ludus / ludography