adminton 1874,from Badminton House,name of Gloucestershire estate of the Duke of Beaufort,where the game first was played in England,mid-19c.,having been picked up by British officers from Indian poona.The place name is O.E.Badimyncgtun (972),"estate of (a man called) Baduhelm." 大意是 英国波弗特公爵在格洛斯特郡(英国英格兰郡名)有一座庄园名叫Badminton,1874年,在此羽毛球这种运动第一次在英国出现并流行开来,是由英国军官从印度浦那传入的. 所以有说羽毛球运动发源于此,由此得名.
