{"era":"current","word":"playing","meaning":"engaging in activity for enjoyment","children":[{"era":"1200s","word":"play","meaning":"to move rapidly, to amuse oneself","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"plegan","meaning":"to risk, to pledge in play","children":[{"era":"pre-1000","word":"Proto-Germanic *pleganan","meaning":"to move about, to engage in play","children":[],"language":"Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}