Americans' most favorite sport is called football, despite it being played with neither a foot or a ball - eviltoast
  • CoupleOfConcerns@lemmy.nz
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    1 year ago

    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).