About Entertaiment

Anything that diverts, amuses, or delights someone. People may create their own entertainment, such as by spontaneously inventing a game; actively participate in an entertainment, such as when they play a sport as a hobby; or passively consume an entertainment, such as when they attend a performance. The word entertain derives from the Medieval Latin intertenere, which means “to hold inside”; it also reflects the Indo-European root ten, meaning to stretch or extend.

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