1. WHERE DO
SPORTS WORDS
ORIGINATE?
By:Meadow Sarkisian

2. WHERE DOES THE WORD SOCCER
COME FROM?

3. 
The British were the first to invent the word
soccer

The word soccer is also known as football
in many countries.

Also the word comes from as-SOC-iation
Football, they then added the er to the end
to then make the word soccer.

4. WHERE DOES THE WORD
LACROSSE COME FROM

5.  The
word comes from the Native American
roots.
 After
it was adopted by the French who
named it ‘la-crosse’ because they used
sticks
 The
first game of lacrosse was played in
1890

6. THANKS FOR
WATCHING!