The word 'football' is from the English language. It is a compound of two words 'foot' and 'ball' that cannot be translated literally into any other language without creating a corresponding compound. The origins of the words etymology are vague. The circumstantial evidence points to a medieval ball game played on foot that to varying degrees included carrying the ball and manipulating the ball with the feet. All modern codes of football allow for both carrying and kicking of the ball.
The name comes from the original name AsSOCCiation Football, used to distinguish soccer from rugby football.
when did the first football come out
I myself coach little league football and I let the kids come up with their own name. They decided on the Razors. If it was up to me I would have gone with Blood Bath and Beyond.
flag football came from canadian and american football
In America it was called Association football. People combined association player to "aSOCCiation" playER"to "Soccer".
another name for football is soccer.
naa it was firstt called football in Brazil YA DIGG NIG? =]
who invented football game name them
Arsenal gets it name from the word arsenal, as the first players for Arsenal were soldiers and worked at the Arsenal, so it gets its name.
Soccer,football and rugby have the same roots in being a college sport in Britain as well as in the states.The word soccer comes from the word asSOCiation football and ruggER which was just a name for a rugbyplayer.
A football championship?
nearly 60000000000000000 people come to watch football in Spain