Where does “footy” come from?
footy (English) comes from French foutu, from French foutre, from Latin futuere, from Proto-Indo-European bʰew- — to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to...
footy (English): Football; The game or sport of football, usually...
Definitions
- Football; The game or sport of football, usually...
Ancestry of “footy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | foutu | past participle of foutre; done for, screwed,... |
| 2 | French | foutre | to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to... |
| 3 | Latin | futuere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |