Badminton
/ˈbæd.mɪn.tən/noun
A racket sport in which players hit a shuttlecock over a net.
Did you know?The game was known in India as poona, but British officers brought it to Badminton House in Gloucestershire, giving it the aristocratic name that survives today.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*tūnaz
“An enclosed place, farmstead, or settlement”
Old English
Old English
tūn
“An enclosed estate, village, or homestead”
11th Century
Old English
Bæddan-tūn
“The estate or settlement associated with a person named Bædda”
1086
Middle English
Badimyncgtun
“The place-name recorded in the Domesday Book”
1860s
English
badminton
“The game of poona as played at Badminton House, the Duke of Beaufort’s Gloucestershire estate”
Modern English
English
badminton
“A racket sport played with a shuttlecock”