Where does “sacrifice bunt” come from?
sacrifice bunt (English) comes from English sacrifice, from Middle English sacrifice, from Old French sacrifise, from Latin sacrificium, from Latin sacrificus, from Latin sacrificō, from Latin faciō, from Latin -torium.
sacrifice bunt (English): A play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners
Definitions
- A play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners
Ancestry of “sacrifice bunt”, step by step
sacrifice bunt traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sacrifice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sacrifice | To offer as a gift to a deity; To give away to... |
| 2 | Middle English | sacrifice | a sacrifice |
| 3 | Old French | sacrifise | sacrifice |
| 4 | Latin | sacrificium | Something made sacred or given to a deity,... |
| 5 | Latin | sacrificus | Of or pertaining to sacrificing, sacrificial;... |
| 6 | Latin | sacrificō | to sacrifice (something) |
| 7 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 8 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 9 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 10 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via English bunt
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | bunt | The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the... |
| 2 | English | butt | The larger or thicker end of something; the blunt... |
| 3 | Middle English | butten | — |
| 4 | Anglo-Norman | buter | to strike, finish |
| 5 | Old French | boter | to push, butt, strike; to strike; to push; thrust |
| 6 | Old French | bouter | to strike; to hit; to place; to put; to enter |
| 7 | Frankish | bautan | to push, strike, beat; to hit, strike; to hit,... |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | bautan | to beat |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | bautaną | to beat, push |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰewd- | to hit, strike; to beat, push; to strike, push,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |