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Said to have been designed c. 1930s in Switzerland. The name is presumably from the pronunciation of <span class="foreign notranslate">Fußball</span>, the German form of (Association) <a href="/word/football" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of football " class="crossreference notranslate">football</a>.</p></section><span></span></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to foosball">Entries linking to <i>foosball</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of football" href="/word/football#etymonline_v_11761">football<!-- --> <!-- -->(n.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>open-air game involving kicking a ball, c. 1400; in reference to the inflated ball used in the game, mid-14c. ("Þe heued fro þe body went, Als it were a foteballe," Octavian I manuscript, c. 1350), from <a href="/word/foot#etymonline_v_11759" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of foot " class="crossreference notranslate">foot</a> (n.) + <a href="/word/ball#etymonline_v_223" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ball " class="crossreference notranslate">ball</a> (n.1). Forbidden in a Scottish statute of 1424. One of Shakespeare's insults is "you base foot-ball player" [Lear I.iv]. Ball-kicking games date back to the Roman legions, at least, but the sport seems first to have risen to a national obsession in England, c. 1630. Figurative sense of "something idly kicked around, something subject to hard use and many vicissitudes" is by 1530s.</p> <p>Rules of the game first regularized at Cambridge, 1848; <a href="/word/soccer" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of soccer " class="crossreference notranslate">soccer</a> (q.v.) split off in 1863. The U.S. style (known to some in England as "stop-start rugby with padding") evolved gradually 19c.; the first true collegiate game is considered to have been played Nov. 6, 1869, between Princeton and Rutgers, at Rutgers, but the rules there were more like soccer. A rematch at Princeton Nov. 13, with the home team's rules, was true U.S. football. Both were described as <span class="foreign notranslate">foot-ball</span> at Princeton.</p> <blockquote> Then twenty-five of the best players in college were sent up to Brunswick to combat with the Rutgers boys. Their peculiar way of playing this game proved to Princeton an insurmountable difficulty; .... Two weeks later Rutgers sent down the same twenty-five, and on the Princeton grounds, November 13th, Nassau played <span class="foreign notranslate">her</span> game; the result was joyous, and entirely obliterated the stigma of the previous defeat. ["Typical Forms of '71" by the Princeton University Class of '72, 1869] </blockquote></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of *bhel-" href="/word/*bhel-#etymonline_v_52653">*bhel-<!-- --> <!-- -->(2)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to blow, swell," "with derivatives referring to various round objects and to the notion of tumescent masculinity" [Watkins].</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/bale#etymonline_v_218" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bale " class="crossreference notranslate">bale</a> (n.) "large bundle or package of merchandise prepared for transportation;" <a href="/word/baleen" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of baleen " class="crossreference notranslate">baleen</a>; <a href="/word/ball#etymonline_v_223" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ball " class="crossreference notranslate">ball</a> (n.1) "round object, compact spherical body;" <a href="/word/balloon" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of balloon " class="crossreference notranslate">balloon</a>; <a href="/word/ballot" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ballot " class="crossreference notranslate">ballot</a>; <a href="/word/bawd" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bawd " class="crossreference notranslate">bawd</a>; <a href="/word/bold" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bold " class="crossreference notranslate">bold</a>; <a href="/word/bole" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bole " class="crossreference notranslate">bole</a>; <a href="/word/boll" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of boll " class="crossreference notranslate">boll</a>; <a href="/word/bollocks" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bollocks " class="crossreference notranslate">bollocks</a>; <a href="/word/bollix" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bollix " class="crossreference notranslate">bollix</a>; <a href="/word/boulder" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of boulder " class="crossreference notranslate">boulder</a>; <a href="/word/boulevard" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of boulevard " class="crossreference notranslate">boulevard</a>; <a href="/word/bowl" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bowl " class="crossreference notranslate">bowl</a> (n.) "round pot or cup;" <a href="/word/bulk" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bulk " class="crossreference notranslate">bulk</a>; <a href="/word/bull#etymonline_v_18053" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bull " class="crossreference notranslate">bull</a> (n.1) "bovine male animal;" <a href="/word/bullock" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bullock " class="crossreference notranslate">bullock</a>; <a href="/word/bulwark" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bulwark " class="crossreference notranslate">bulwark</a>; <a href="/word/follicle" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of follicle " class="crossreference notranslate">follicle</a>; <a href="/word/folly" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of folly " class="crossreference notranslate">folly</a>; <a href="/word/fool" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fool " class="crossreference notranslate">fool</a>; <a href="/word/foosball" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of foosball " class="crossreference notranslate">foosball</a>; <a href="/word/full#etymonline_v_14242" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of full " class="crossreference notranslate">full</a> (v.) "to tread or beat cloth to cleanse or thicken it;" <a href="/word/ithyphallic" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of ithyphallic " class="crossreference notranslate">ithyphallic</a>; <a href="/word/pall-mall" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of pall-mall " class="crossreference notranslate">pall-mall</a>; <a href="/word/phallus" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phallus " class="crossreference notranslate">phallus</a>.</p> <p>It is the hypothetical source of/evidence for its existence is provided by: Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">phyllon</span> "leaf," <span class="foreign notranslate">phallos</span> "swollen penis;" Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">flos</span> "flower," <span class="foreign notranslate">florere</span> "to blossom, flourish," <span class="foreign notranslate">folium</span> "leaf;" Old Prussian <span class="foreign notranslate">balsinis</span> "cushion;" Old Norse <span class="foreign notranslate">belgr</span> "bag, bellows;" Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">bolla</span> "pot, cup, bowl;" Old Irish <span class="foreign notranslate">bolgaim</span> "I swell," <span class="foreign notranslate">blath</span> "blossom, flower," <span class="foreign notranslate">bolach</span> "pimple," <span class="foreign notranslate">bolg</span> "bag;" Breton <span class="foreign notranslate">bolc'h</span> "flax pod;" Serbian <span class="foreign notranslate">buljiti</span> "to stare, be bug-eyed;" Serbo-Croatian <span class="foreign notranslate">blazina</span> "pillow."</p> <p>An extended form of the root, <span class="foreign notranslate">*bhelgh-</span> "to swell," forms all or part of: <a href="/word/bellows" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bellows " class="crossreference notranslate">bellows</a>; <a href="/word/belly" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of belly " class="crossreference notranslate">belly</a>; <a href="/word/bilge" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bilge " class="crossreference notranslate">bilge</a>; <a href="/word/billow" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of billow " class="crossreference notranslate">billow</a>; <a href="/word/bolster" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bolster " class="crossreference notranslate">bolster</a>; <a href="/word/budget" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of budget " class="crossreference notranslate">budget</a>; <a href="/word/bulge" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bulge " class="crossreference notranslate">bulge</a>; <a href="/word/Excalibur" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Excalibur " class="crossreference notranslate">Excalibur</a>; <a href="/word/Firbolgs" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Firbolgs " class="crossreference notranslate">Firbolgs</a>.</p> <p>An extended form of the root, <span class="foreign notranslate">*bhleu-</span> "to swell, well up, overflow," forms all or part of: <a href="/word/affluent" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of affluent " class="crossreference notranslate">affluent</a>; <a href="/word/bloat" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of bloat " class="crossreference notranslate">bloat</a>; <a href="/word/confluence" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of confluence " class="crossreference notranslate">confluence</a>; <a href="/word/effluent" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of effluent " class="crossreference notranslate">effluent</a>; <a href="/word/effluvium" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of effluvium " class="crossreference notranslate">effluvium</a>; <a href="/word/efflux" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of efflux " class="crossreference notranslate">efflux</a>; <a href="/word/fluctuate" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluctuate " class="crossreference notranslate">fluctuate</a>; <a href="/word/fluent" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluent " class="crossreference notranslate">fluent</a>; <a href="/word/fluid" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluid " class="crossreference notranslate">fluid</a>; <a href="/word/flume" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flume " class="crossreference notranslate">flume</a>; <a href="/word/fluor" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluor " class="crossreference notranslate">fluor</a>; <a href="/word/fluorescence" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluorescence " class="crossreference notranslate">fluorescence</a>; <a href="/word/fluoride" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluoride " class="crossreference notranslate">fluoride</a>; <a href="/word/fluoro-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluoro- " class="crossreference notranslate">fluoro-</a>; <a href="/word/flush#etymonline_v_8947" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flush " class="crossreference notranslate">flush</a> (v.1) "spurt, rush out suddenly, flow with force;" <a href="/word/fluvial" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fluvial " class="crossreference notranslate">fluvial</a>; <a href="/word/flux" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of flux " class="crossreference notranslate">flux</a>; <a href="/word/influence" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of influence " class="crossreference notranslate">influence</a>; <a href="/word/influenza" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of influenza " class="crossreference notranslate">influenza</a>; <a href="/word/influx" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of influx " class="crossreference notranslate">influx</a>; <a href="/word/mellifluous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of mellifluous " class="crossreference notranslate">mellifluous</a>; <a href="/word/phloem" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of phloem " class="crossreference notranslate">phloem</a>; <a href="/word/reflux" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of reflux " class="crossreference notranslate">reflux</a>; <a href="/word/superfluous" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of superfluous " class="crossreference notranslate">superfluous</a>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of *ped-" href="/word/*ped-#etymonline_v_52663">*ped-<!-- --> <span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>Proto-Indo-European root meaning "foot."</p> <p>It forms all or part of: <a href="/word/antipodes" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of antipodes " class="crossreference notranslate">antipodes</a>; <a href="/word/apodal" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of apodal " class="crossreference notranslate">apodal</a>; <a href="/word/Arthropoda" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of Arthropoda " class="crossreference notranslate">Arthropoda</a>; <a href="/word/babouche" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of babouche " class="crossreference notranslate">babouche</a>; <a href="/word/biped" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of biped " class="crossreference notranslate">biped</a>; <a href="/word/brachiopod" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of brachiopod " class="crossreference notranslate">brachiopod</a>; <a href="/word/cap-a-pie" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cap-a-pie " class="crossreference notranslate">cap-a-pie</a>; <a href="/word/centipede" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of centipede " class="crossreference notranslate">centipede</a>; <a href="/word/cephalopod" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cephalopod " class="crossreference notranslate">cephalopod</a>; <a href="/word/cheliped" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of cheliped " class="crossreference notranslate">cheliped</a>; <a href="/word/chiropodist" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of chiropodist " class="crossreference notranslate">chiropodist</a>; <a href="/word/expedite" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of expedite " class="crossreference notranslate">expedite</a>; <a href="/word/expedition" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of expedition " class="crossreference notranslate">expedition</a>; <a href="/word/foot" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of foot " class="crossreference notranslate">foot</a>; <a href="/word/foosball" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of foosball " class="crossreference notranslate">foosball</a>; <a href="/word/fetch#etymonline_v_5881" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fetch " class="crossreference notranslate">fetch</a> (v.); <a href="/word/fetter" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fetter " class="crossreference notranslate">fetter</a>; <a href="/word/fetlock" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of fetlock " class="crossreference notranslate">fetlock</a>; <a href="/word/gastropod" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of gastropod " class="crossreference notranslate">gastropod</a>; <a href="/word/hexapod" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hexapod " class="crossreference notranslate">hexapod</a>; <a href="/word/impair" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of impair " class="crossreference notranslate">impair</a>; <a href="/word/impede" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of impede " class="crossreference notranslate">impede</a>; <a href="/word/impediment" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of impediment " class="crossreference notranslate">impediment</a>; <a href="/word/impeach" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of impeach " class="crossreference notranslate">impeach</a>; <a href="/word/impeccable" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of impeccable " class="crossreference notranslate">impeccable</a>; 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Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">pos</span>, Attic <span class="foreign notranslate">pous</span>, genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">podos</span>; Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">pes</span>, genitive <span class="foreign notranslate">pedis</span> "foot;" Lithuanian <span class="foreign notranslate">padas</span> "sole," <span class="foreign notranslate">pėda</span> "footstep;" Old English <span class="foreign notranslate">fot</span>, German <span class="foreign notranslate">Fuß</span>, Gothic <span class="foreign notranslate">fotus</span> "foot."</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of foosball">Trends of <i>foosball</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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