Where does “foosballer” come from?
foosballer (English) comes from English foosball, from German Fußball, from English football, from Middle English fotbal, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll — to rise, to be tall; hill.
foosballer (English): foosball player
Ancestry of “foosballer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | foosball | table soccer , table football |
| 2 | German | Fußball | the sport of association football; soccer; the... |
| 3 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 4 | Middle English | fotbal | — |
| 5 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 6 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 7 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 8 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 9 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |