English

Big Game

Synonym of Super Bowl (“the annual national American football championship for the U.S. based National Football League”)

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    Origin

    From big + game, since it is the most prominent sports match.

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    Lineage

    • partEnglishbig “Of great size, large.”
      • inheritedNorthern Middle Englishbig
        • derivedProto-Germanic*bugja- “swollen up, thick”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbiggen
        • derivedOld Norsebyggja “to build, settle”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishbyge
        • derivedOld Norsebygg “barley, probably Hordeum vulgare, common barley”
    • partEnglishgame “A playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgame
        • inheritedOld Englishgamen “amusement, game”

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