Where does “goalie” come from?
Goalie comes from English goaltender, formed from English goal and English tend, ultimately from Latin tendere meaning "to stretch or extend" via the infinitive suffix Latin -are and prefix Latin ad-.
goalie (English): A goalkeeper or goaltender; To act as a goalie,...
Definitions
- A goalkeeper or goaltender; To act as a goalie,...
Ancestry of “goalie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | goalkeeper | a designated player that attempts to prevent the... |
| 2 | English | goal | A result that one is attempting to achieve; In... |
| 3 | Middle English | gol | boundary, limit |
| 4 | Old English | gāl | obstacle, barrier, marker; wanton; wicked; bad;... |
| 5 | Basque | gailu | device |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gailō | a gap; crevice; chasm; ravine |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰēy- | to yawn, gape; to go |