Etymograph

English

teamkill

From team + kill.

A compound of team + kill

Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to pull, lead’

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Proto-Germanic *taumaz ‘that which draws or pulls’

Proto-West Germanic *taum

Old English tēam ‘offspring; set of draught animals’

Middle English tem

English team

Middle English killen

English kill

Today it means

verb To kill another player on one's own team.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “teamkill”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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