Where does “rugby” come from?
Rugby is an English word of unknown origin that entered Cebuano through borrowing and was subsequently re-borrowed back into English in a cyclical pattern.
rugby (English): A form of football in which players can hold or...
Definitions
- A form of football in which players can hold or...
Ancestry of “rugby”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Cebuano | rugby | rubber cement, contact cement; the sport of rugby |
| 2 | English | Rugby | — |
| 3 | English | Rokeby | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | bý | bee |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | biją | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | bijǭ | bee |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰey- | bee |
Words derived from “rugby”