Where does “fotbalistă” come from?
fotbalistă (Romanian) comes from Romanian fotbalist, from Romanian fotbal, from English football, from Middle English fotbal, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll — to rise, to be tall; hill.
fotbalistă (Romanian): female equivalent of fotbalist
Definitions
- female equivalent of fotbalist
Ancestry of “fotbalistă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | fotbalist | football player/soccer player |
| 2 | Romanian | fotbal | football ; soccer |
| 3 | English | football | A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to... |
| 4 | Middle English | fotbal | — |
| 5 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 6 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 7 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 8 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 9 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |