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Etymology of the English word football

the English word football
derived from the English word foot
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *fot
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
derived from the English word ball
derived from the Proto-Germanic root *balluz
derived from the English root *beall
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bhel-

Derivations in English

footballer

Derivations in other languages

Italian football, Spanish fútbol

Cognates

Dutch voetbal, French football, German Fußball, German Fussball, Icelandic fótbolti, Lithuanian futbolas, Norwegian fotball, Russian фyтбoл, Swedish fotboll



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