Where does “play-off” come from?

play-off (Portuguese) comes from English playoff — A final game in a series needed to break a tie; A...

play-off (Portuguese): playoff

Definitions

  1. playoff

Ancestry of “play-off”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplayoffA final game in a series needed to break a tie; A...
Every word from English playoff