Where does “dodgeball” come from?
dodgeball (English) comes from English Dodge, from English Roger, from Spanish Rodríguez, from Spanish -ez, from Latin -ities, from Latin -itia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
dodgeball (English): A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or...
Definitions
- A team sport whose main objective is to dodge or...
Ancestry of “dodgeball”, step by step
dodgeball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Dodge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Dodge | A placename |
| 2 | English | Roger | dialectal nickname for the Devil |
| 3 | Spanish | Rodríguez | son of Rodrigo |
| 4 | Spanish | -ez | A suffix forming many Spanish surnames; A suffix... |
| 5 | Latin | -ities | Alternative form of -iēs |
| 6 | Latin | -itia | -ness, -ity |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via English Ball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ball | surname |
| 2 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 3 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 4 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 5 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 6 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |