soccer

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

B2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈsɒk.ə/
Etymologie (Englisch)

Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888. Compare contemporary rugger, from Rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

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