"Sport" comes from the Old French desport meaning "leisure", with the oldest definition in English from around 1300 being "anything humans find amusing or entertaining".[6]
The Chinese term for sport, tiyu (体育; 體育) connotes physical training. The modern Greek term for sport is Αθλητισμός (athlitismos), directly cognate with the English terms "athlete" and "athleticism".
Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of
gambling; hunting; and games and diversions, including ones that require
exercise.[7]
Roget's defines the noun sport as an "activity engaged in for
relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including diversion and
recreation.[8]
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