English
ludophilia
Ludophilia comes from Latin lūdus ‘play’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdus‘play’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008ludophilia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElūdus‘play’
- Englishearliest quotation 2008ludophilia
Earliest quotation: 2008, Sara Martin, Recycling Culture(s): “[…] based on sicalipsis, with their tastelessness, petty subjects…”
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 The love of play.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin lūdus / ludophilia