English
kickabout
From kick + about.
Proto-Germanic *kaikaz ‘bent backwards’
Old Norse kikna ‘to sink at the knees’
Middle English kyken ‘to strike out with the foot’
English kick
Proto-Indo-European *úd ‘upwards’
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Proto-West Germanic *biūtan ‘outside’
Proto-West Germanic *andabiūtan
Old English onbūtan ‘about, around’
Middle English aboute ‘around’
English about
Today it means
noun An informal amateur game of football/soccer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / kickabout