Etymograph

English

kickathon

From kick + -athon.

Formed from kick + -athon

Proto-Germanic *kaikaz ‘bent backwards’

Old Norse kikna ‘to sink at the knees’

Middle English kyken ‘to strike out with the foot’

English kick

Today it means

noun An event involving a lot of kicking.

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

Etymograph / kickathon