Etymology

hooliganism

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Today it means: unruly, aggressive behavior; behavior associated with hooligans Full definition →

English hooligan ← Irish Ó hUallacháin ← Old Irish aue
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewh₂yos
  2. Proto-Celtic*awyos
  3. Old Irishaue
  4. Irishua
  5. Irishó
  6. IrishÓ
  7. Irishuallach
  8. IrishUallachán
  9. IrishÓ hUallacháin
  10. EnglishHoulihan
  11. Englishhooligan
  12. English todayhooliganism

From hooligan + -ism.

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