Etymology of the French word football
the French word football
Date
The earliest known usage of football in French dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in French
foot,
footballeurCognates
Dutch
voetbal, English
football, German
Fußball, German
Fussball, Icelandic
fótbolti, Lithuanian
futbolas, Norwegian
fotball, Russian
фyтбoл, Swedish
fotboll
