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Originally posted by stockenStrangely enough, "calcio" translates to "dive-ball."
Hm. Calcio is a location in Italy. Why have they chosen to call it after a specific location? Is it famous for it's footb... sorry, soccer? Or does it translate to footba... soccer?
Sincerely curious. 🙂
Ha ha, just kidding. Like the other guy said, it actually means "kick." Apparently the word comes from the Latin "calx" which meant "heel."
I will admit that much of the world either calls soccer something that sounds like "football", or uses a word that roughly translates to "football." But I think it's silly to say that there's one proper word for it. The proper word is whatever your language happens to call it, and American English is as legit a language as British English is.