a 1 m 3 a 1 t 1 e 1 u 1 r 1 i 1 s 1 m 3
10 letters · 14 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the conviction that people should participate in sports as a hobby (for the fun of it) rather than for money
originEtymology tree English amateur Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English amateurism From amateur + -ism.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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