English
foosball
Foosball comes from German Fußball ‘soccer’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentFußball‘soccer’
- Englishearliest quotation 2001foosball
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Germanc. 1650–presentFußball‘soccer’
- Englishearliest quotation 2001foosball
Earliest quotation: 2001, Jonathan Franzen: “[…] Caleb on Tuesday, for the first time in…”
Every English word from German Fußball
Today it means
noun table soccer (US), table football (UK)
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Fußball / foosball