Etymograph

English

football pitch

Compound of football + pitch.

A compound of football + pitch

Middle English fotbal

English football

Proto-West Germanic *pikkijan

Old English *piċċan

Middle English picchen ‘to thrust in, fasten’

English pitch

Today it means

noun A playing field on which the game of football is played.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / football pitch