foteball
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fott ball, fote-bal, foteballe, football, foottballe, footbal, fute balle, foot-ball, fute-ball
Etymology
From fot + bal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfoːtbal/
Noun
foteball
- (Late Middle English) football (game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby)
- (Late Middle English) The ball that such a game is played with.
Descendants
- English: football
- Scots: fitbaw
References
- “fọ̄t-bal (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-17.