Where does “golfbold” come from?
golfbold (Danish) comes from Danish golf, from French golfe, from Italian golfo, from Latin colfos, from Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος, from Proto-Indo-European kʷelp-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- — to turn.
golfbold (Danish): golf ball
Definitions
- golf ball
Ancestry of “golfbold”, step by step
golfbold traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish golf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | golf | golf a game played with a golf club and golf ball |
| 2 | French | golfe | gulf; first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Italian | golfo | gulf |
| 4 | Latin | colfos | — |
| 5 | Latin | colpus | stroke; strike; hit |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κόλπος | bosom, lap; a fold in fabric around the bosom;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷelp- | to bend; to curve, arch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |