Etymology

footballing

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Today it means: Relating to the sport of football. Full definition →

English football ← Middle English fotbal ← Old English *beall
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The story

  1. Middle Englishfot
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  3. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  4. Old English*beall
  5. Middle Englishbal
  6. Middle Englishfotbal
  7. Englishfootball
  8. English todayfootballing

From football + -ing.

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