English
ludology
Ludology comes from Latin ludus ‘game’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEludus‘game’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009ludology
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEludus‘game’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009ludology
Earliest quotation: 2009, Amelia Sanz, Literatures in the Digital Era: Theory and Praxis: “It also included Gonzalo Frasca's paper, “Ludologists Love Stories…”
Formed from -ology
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *loidō ‘to play’
through Latin lūdō ‘to play’
illusion, elusive, delusion, collusion, ludicrous, prelude, interlude, elude, allude, collude, allusive, 17 more
Today it means
noun The study of games and other forms of play.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ludus / ludology