It’s called football because it’s played on foot, as opposed to polo or other sports that were popular at the time when the rules for football were first being written down.
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Speiser0@feddit.org 5 days ago
Still find it weird that they called the show “football” when it’s not about football. Imagine Haikyu!! being called Tennis!!.
merc@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
YellaLeber@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
One sport is called association football, the other is called American or gridiron football. Both sports typically drop the first word.
ptu@sopuli.xyz 5 days ago
Then there’s rugby from which american football originated