Golf
German (Berlin)
/ɡɔlf/
noun
Definitions
- (geography) bay, gulf
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian golfo derived from Latin colfus derived from Ancient Greek κόλπος (bosom, gulf, bay, creek, hollow, any hollow space, womb).
Origin
Ancient Greek
κόλπος
Gloss
bosom, gulf, bay, creek, hollow, any hollow space, womb
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
江
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- colpo- English
- colfos Latin
- colfus Latin
- colpus Latin
- Golfklub German
- Golfkrieg German
- Golfkriegssyndrom German
- Golfplatz German
- Golfschläger German
- Golftang German
- Klub German
- Krieg German
- Platz German
- Schläger German
- Tang German
- golfo Italian
- golfe French
- golfo Spanish, Castilian
- βαθύκολπος Ancient Greek
- κόλπος Ancient Greek
- *kʷelp- Proto-Indo-European
- golfo Portuguese
- *gelbaną Proto-Germanic
- golf Old French
- golf Catalan, Valencian
- κόλπος Greek (modern)
- golfu Asturian