Where does “kickaround” come from?
kickaround (English) comes from English kick, from English kick the bucket, from English bucket, from Middle English boket, from Anglo-Norman buket, from Old French buc, from Latin buccus, from Frankish bukk — young he-goat.
kickaround (English): An impromptu soccer game without strict adherence...
Definitions
- An impromptu soccer game without strict adherence...
Ancestry of “kickaround”, step by step
kickaround traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English kick
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kick | To strike or hit with the foot or other extremity... |
| 2 | English | kick the bucket | To die; Of a machine, to break down such that it... |
| 3 | English | bucket | A container made of rigid material, often with a... |
| 4 | Middle English | boket | bucket |
| 5 | Anglo-Norman | buket | tub, pail; bucket |
| 6 | Old French | buc | abdomen; object with a cavity; trunk, torso;... |
| 7 | Latin | buccus | he-goat |
| 8 | Frankish | bukk | male goat; buck, goat; buck, male goat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *bukkaz | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuǵ- | buck, he-goat |
| 11 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVχc̣V | — |
| 12 | Proto-North Caucasian | bVc̣V | young he-goat |
via English around
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | around | Defining a circle or closed curve containing a... |
| 2 | Middle English | arounde | about the margin, along the periphery |
| 3 | Middle English | round | circle, round |
| 4 | Old French | reont | round |
| 5 | Latin | retundus | round |
| 6 | Latin | rotundus | round, circular; spherical, rotund; rounded,... |
| 7 | Latin | rotō | to turn, trend, wheel, roll, swing about, whirl, rotate; brandish |
| 8 | Latin | Rota | an ecclesiastical appellate court in the Catholic... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | rotā | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | Hróth₂-eh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreth₂- | to run |