271: team Sep 5, 2015

'Team' usually refers to sports, but this was not always the case. This word comes from Middle English, via Old English 'tēam' which means, 'offspring, or lineage' or in a sense that has survived, 'draft of animals', which is similar to the Old English word, 'to draw or pull', 'tēon'. Perhaps one of the only places where the other meaning is preserved is the television show, Family Feud, in which two families compete as teams.