Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂
Proto-Italic *portā
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *portāō
Latin portāre
Old French porter
Anglo-Norman desporterbor.
Middle English disporten
Middle English sporten
English sport
English -s
English sports
From sport + -s.
Meanings
(uncountable) Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”).
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁
▲
Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.
Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-
Proto-Italic *dis-
Latin dis-
Old French des-
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂
Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂
Proto-Italic *portā
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Proto-Italic *portāō
Latin portāre
Old French porter
Anglo-Norman desporterbor.
Middle English disporten
Middle English sporten
English sport
English -s
English sports
From sport + -s.
Meanings
(form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of sport
To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed. 1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 84:
And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed. 2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140: