English
group of death
Group of death comes from Spanish grupo de la muerte.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentgrupo de la muerte
- Englishtodaygroup of death
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentgrupo de la muerte
- Englishtodaygroup of death
Made of the words group + of + death
Vulgar Latin *cruppus
Italian gruppo ‘a knot, heap, group’
French groupe ‘cluster, group’
English group
Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep
…
Proto-West Germanic *ab
Old English æf
Old English of ‘from’
Middle English of
English of
Proto-Indo-European *dʰew-
…
Proto-Germanic *dauþuz
Proto-West Germanic *dauþu
Old English dēaþ
Middle English deth
English death
The story
Coined before or during the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
Every English word from Spanish grupo de la muerte
Today it means
noun A group in a multi-stage tournament which is unusually competitive, because the number of strong competitors in the group is greater than the number of qualifying places available for the next phase of the tournament.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish grupo de la muerte / group of death