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To round out the other question posed about "football":

Yes, "football" is also a an English loanword. The sport or game of hitting a ball in some way with your feet is nothing new, but the modern way of playing and its rules were invented in the first half of the 19th century in the British Isles, and exported internationally, including to France, in the second half of the same century.

Similarly to the concept of a weekend, the modern concept of football is a less than 2 centuries old addition to the french language.

To round out the other question posed about "football":

Yes, "football" is also a an English loanword. The sport or game of hitting a ball in some way with your feet is nothing new, but the modern way of playing and its rules were invented in the first half of the 19th century in the British Isles, and exported internationally, including to France, in the second half of the same century.

Similarly to the concept of a weekend, the modern concept of football is a less than 2 centuries old addition to the French language.

To round out the other question posed about "football":

Yes, "football" is also a an English loanword. The sport or game of hitting a ball in some way with your feet is nothing new, but the modern way of playing and its rules were invented in the first half of the 19th century in the British Isles, and exported internationally, including to France, in the second half of the same century (incidentally, this is also why the Quebecois call it "soccer": it didn't exist thus wasn't called football when their ancestors left for the New World).

Similarly to the concept of a weekend, the modern concept of football is a less than 2 centuries old addition to the french language.

To round out the other question posed about "football":

Yes, "football" is also a an English loanword. The sport or game of hitting a ball in some way with your feet is nothing new, but the modern way of playing and its rules were invented in the first half of the 19th century in the British Isles, and exported internationally, including to France, in the second half of the same century.

Similarly to the concept of a weekend, the modern concept of football is a less than 2 centuries old addition to the french language.

To round out the other question posed about "football":

Yes, "football" is also a an english loanword. The sport or game of hitting a ball in some way with your feet is nothing new, but the modern way of playing and its rules were invented in the first half of the 19th century in the British Isles, and exported internationally, including to France, in the second half of the same century (incidentally, this is also why the Quebecois call it "soccer": it didn't exist thus wasn't called football when their ancestors left for the New World).

Similarly to the concept of a weekend, the modern concept of football is a less than 2 centuries old addition to the french language.

To round out the other question posed about "football":

Yes, "football" is also a an English loanword. The sport or game of hitting a ball in some way with your feet is nothing new, but the modern way of playing and its rules were invented in the first half of the 19th century in the British Isles, and exported internationally, including to France, in the second half of the same century (incidentally, this is also why the Quebecois call it "soccer": it didn't exist thus wasn't called football when their ancestors left for the New World).

Similarly to the concept of a weekend, the modern concept of football is a less than 2 centuries old addition to the french language.