Where does “野球” come from?

野球 (Chinese) comes from Japanese 野球, from Japanese 野, from Middle Chinese 野.

野球 (Chinese): baseball

Definitions

  1. baseball

Ancestry of “野球”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野球baseball; a baseball
2Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
3Middle Chinese野—
Every word from Middle Chinese 野 →Every word from Japanese 野 →Every word from Japanese 野球 →
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