Where does “mushball” come from?
mushball (English) comes from English MUSH, from English mushroom, from Middle English muscheron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, from Old French moisseron, from Old French mosse, from Frankish mosa, from Proto-Germanic musą — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
mushball (English): A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball...
Definitions
- A variant of softball with a bigger, softer ball...
Ancestry of “mushball”, step by step
mushball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English MUSH
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | MUSH | A form of multi-user dungeon, often used for... |
| 2 | English | mushroom | Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi... |
| 3 | Middle English | muscheron | mushroom |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | musherum | — |
| 5 | Old French | moisseron | — |
| 6 | Old French | mosse | moss |
| 7 | Frankish | mosa | moss |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | musą | moss, bog |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mūs- | fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,... |
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 |