English
goalbound
From goal + -bound.
A compound of goal + -bound
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to yawn’
Proto-Germanic *gailō ‘crevice’
Proto-West Germanic *gailu
Old English *gāl ‘obstacle’
Middle English gol ‘boundary’
English goal
Today it means
adj Likely to enter the goal, but for the intervention of defenders and the goalkeeper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / goalbound