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Where does “polo” come from?

Polo is a borrowing from Balti པོ་ལོ, a word of unknown ultimate origin.

polo (English): A ball game where two teams of players on...

Definitions

  1. A ball game where two teams of players on...

Ancestry of “polo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Baltiཔོ་ལོball

Words derived from “polo”

  • poloist
  • poolo
  • hevospoolo
  • ポロ
  • polo
  • polo
  • pólo
  • 폴로
  • póló
  • โปโล
  • holo
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