Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

footballing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: foot-balling
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the sport of football.

verb

present participle and gerund of football

Example Sentences

"Newcastle had won both their previous fixtures in 2011 but were terribly disappointing at Broadhall Way against opponents 73 places below them in the footballing ladder."

Etymology

Etymology tree Middle English fot Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal Middle English fotbal English football English -ing English footballing From football + -ing.

Questions

What does footballing mean?: Relating to the sport of football.
Where does footballing come from?: Etymology tree Middle English fot Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal Middle English fotbal English football English -ing English footballing From football + -ing.

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