English
goalsquare
From goal + square.
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-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’
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Vulgar Latin *exquadrō
Vulgar Latin *exquadra
Old French esquarre ‘square’
Middle English square ‘a square’
English square
Today it means
noun One of the squares, measuring 9 by 6.4 metres, marked at either end of the ground in front of the goalpost, and from which the ball is kicked after a behind.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / goalsquare