⚽️ "Calcio" in Italian means both the chemical element calcium (Ca) and "kick".
From this second meaning we therefore have "Football / Soccer" because in this sport you basically have to give "un calcio al pallone"
The verb is:
to kick = calciare
Image: Durante - Football Club Juventus Association, 1903
from Wikimedia Commons
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