"Soccer" was coined by English in late 1800s Oxford. "Association Football" shortened to "Assoc.". Oxford's -er ending trend led to creation of "soccer"
Name comes from Italian Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). First recorded in 1507 on Martin Waldseemüller's map. Alternative theories link to Amerrisque mountains or Richard Amerike's surname
Finnish word derived from "taata" and means guarantee or forged iron object. Proto-Finnic originates from "tadëh" meaning tea. English "tea" originates from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-la. Japanese "tae" means small bench
First coins appeared in Lydia around 600 BC with animal heads. Romans used "navia aut caput" (ship or head) for coin tosses. "Cross and pile" was played in England for centuries
Etymology studies word origins and evolution across time. Etymology derives from Ancient Greek word meaning 'true sense'. Etymology is a scientific subfield within linguistics
Hello first appeared in writing in 1826 in Norwich Courier. Word derives from Old High German "halâ, holâ" meaning "to fetch". Multiple variants exist including hallo, hollo, hullo, and hillo