Where does “volleyball” come from?
I need to work with the chain provided, but I notice it contains repetitions and appears malformed (it cycles through the same words). The chain as given is:
English ball | English billion | English black | Ancient Greek βάλλω | English billion | English black | English billion | English black
This doesn't form a coherent etymological chain leading to "volleyball." There seems to be an error in the data provided.
Before I write the summary sentence, could you clarify:
1. Is this the correct chain for "volleyball"?
2. Should the chain show: English volleyball → English ball + English volley → [earlier sources]?
3. What is the actual historical chain for this word?
A proper volleyball etymology should trace through French "volée" (flight/volley) and potentially earlier Romance language roots, but that's not reflected in the chain given.
I want to ensure accuracy as you've specified—
volleyball (English): A game played on a rectangular court between two...
Definitions
- A game played on a rectangular court between two...
Ancestry of “volleyball”, step by step
| 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 |
Words derived from “volleyball”