Where does “golf” come from?
golf (Old French) comes from Italian golfo, from Latin colfos, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
Ancestry of “golf”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | golfo | gulf |
| 2 | Latin | colfos | — |
| 3 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |
Words derived from “golf”