Where does “baseball” come from?
baseball (French) comes from English baseball, from English Ball, from Middle English bal, from Old English beall, from English beal, from Old English hyll, from Albanian hulli, from Proto-Germanic hulliz — to rise, to be tall; hill.
baseball (French): Alternative spelling of base-ball
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of base-ball
Ancestry of “baseball”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | baseball | A sport common in North America, the Caribbean,... |
| 2 | English | Ball | surname |
| 3 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 4 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 5 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 6 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 7 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |
Words derived from “baseball”