Where does “baseball mitt” come from?
baseball mitt (English) comes from English baseball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.
baseball mitt (English): A glove used when playing baseball to protect the hand and enhance catching ability
Definitions
- A glove used when playing baseball to protect the hand and enhance catching ability
Ancestry of “baseball mitt”, step by step
baseball mitt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English baseball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 2 | English | Ball | surname |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |
via English mitt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mitt | A mitten; An oversized, protective glove such as... |
| 2 | English | mitten | A type of glove or garment that covers a hand... |
| 3 | Middle English | myteyne | A glove or mitten |
| 4 | Old French | mitaine | mitten |
| 5 | Frankish | mitamo | — |
| 6 | Frankish | mitti | midpoint |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | midją | middle |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | médʰyos | middle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | medʰi- | with, among; with, along |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | me | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |