Where does “כדור רגל” come from?

כדור רגל (Hebrew) comes from Hebrew כַּדּוּר — ball.

כדור רגל (Hebrew): soccer, football; a soccer ball, a football

Definitions

  1. soccer, football; a soccer ball, a football

Ancestry of “כדור רגל”, step by step

כדור רגל traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hebrew כַּדּוּר

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewכַּדּוּרball

via Hebrew רֶגֶל

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hebrewרֶגֶלfoot
Every word from Hebrew כַּדּוּר
כדור רגל — Etymology, Origin & Word History | Etymology Explorer