Etymology

touchdown

T1O1U1C3H4D2O1W4N1

Today it means: A six-point score occurring when the ball enters possession of a team's player in the opponent's end zone. Full definition →

English down ← Middle English doun ← Old English dūne
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The story

  1. Englishtouch
  2. Old Englishof-
  3. Proto-Germanic*dūnaz?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*duh₂-nós?
  6. Proto-Celtic*dūnomder.?
  7. Proto-West Germanic*dūnā
  8. Old Englishdūne
  9. Old Englishofdūne
  10. Old Englishadūne
  11. Old Englishdūne
  12. Middle Englishdoun
  13. Englishdown
  14. English todaytouchdown

From touch + down.

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