English

matchweek

From match + week.

A compound of match + week

Proto-Germanic *makô ‘an equal’

Proto-West Germanic *makkjō

Old English mæċċa ‘companion’

Middle English macche ‘a bride or mate’

English match

Proto-Indo-European *weyg- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *wikǭ ‘sequence’

Proto-West Germanic *wikā

Old English wice

Middle English wyke

English week

Today it means

noun The week in which a sporting event takes place.

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

Etymograph / matchweek