English

goalmouth

From goal + mouth.

A compound of goal + mouth

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to yawn’

Proto-Germanic *gailō ‘crevice’

Proto-West Germanic *gailu

Old English *gāl ‘obstacle’

Middle English gol ‘boundary’

English goal

Proto-Germanic *munþaz ‘mouth’

Proto-West Germanic *munþ ‘mouth’

Old English mūþ ‘mouth; opening’

Middle English mouth

English mouth

Today it means

noun The area in front of the goal.

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

Etymograph / goalmouth