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The root word for soccer is, believe it or not, "Association". The word comes from the English propensity to at "er" to the end of words, and was meant to delineate certain football clubs with varying rules, (such as Rugby was being split off as its own sport) and "Association Football", with more stringent rules traditional rules. The word started out as "Assoccer", and very quickly was adapted to "Soccer".

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The root word of soccer is "association," from the full name of the sport "association football."

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