{"era":"current","word":"play","meaning":"to engage in activity for enjoyment","children":[{"era":"1200s-1400s","word":"pleien","meaning":"to play, to move about","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"plegan","meaning":"to exercise, to move briskly","children":[{"era":"pre-1100","word":"*plegang","meaning":"to move, to exercise","children":[],"language":"Proto-Germanic"}],"language":"Old English"}],"language":"Middle English"}],"language":"Modern English"}