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Badminton was known in ancient times; an early form of the sport was played in ancient Greece and Egypt. In Japan, the related game Hanetsuki was played as early as the 16th century. In the west, badminton came from a game called battledore and shuttlecock, in which two or more players keep a feathered shuttlecock in the air with small racquets.
The answer is badminton, a funny-sounding word in its own right. Where did the name and the sport come from? Hot for Words is here to investigate. The word Badminton has been associated with the sport since 1874. The game was named for the Badminton House, which was an estate in Gloucestershire, England. Badminton comes from the Old English word Badimyncgtun, which means estate of a man called Baduhelm. Many believe that English officers invented the sport while stationed in India during the mid 18th century, then brought it to England and the Badminton house in the mid 19th century. It was based on the English game of battledore and shuttlecock, where two people use rackets to pass the shuttlecock (also called a bird or birdie) back and forth as many times as possible.