Where does “Fußballfan” come from?
Fußballfan (German) comes 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, from Albanian hulli — to rise, to be tall; hill.
Fußballfan (German): a fan of the sport football (soccer), especially of particular team
Definitions
- a fan of the sport football (soccer), especially of particular team
Ancestry of “Fußballfan”, step by step
Fußballfan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Fußball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fußball | the sport of association football; soccer; the... |
| 2 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 3 | Middle English | fotbal | football game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby |
| 4 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 5 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 6 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 7 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 8 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |
via German Fan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Fan | fan, devotee |
| 2 | English | Fan | A diminutive of Frances |
| 3 | English | fanatic | Fanatical; Showing evidence of possession by a... |
| 4 | French | fanatique | fanatic, fanatical; fanatic |
| 5 | Latin | fānāticus | temple |
| 6 | Latin | -aticus | Used to form adjectives indicating a relation to... |
| 7 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |