ZTabs@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agoAmericans' most favorite sport is called football, despite it being played with neither a foot or a ballmessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down128
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareAmericans' most favorite sport is called football, despite it being played with neither a foot or a ballZTabs@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareCoupleOfConcernslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoAs far as I am aware, the foot in football originally referred to the fact that it was a game played on foot rather than on horse back (as opposed to polo for example).
As far as I am aware, the foot in football originally referred to the fact that it was a game played on foot rather than on horse back (as opposed to polo for example).