Where does “野球” come from?

野球 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 野, from Middle Chinese 野.

野球 (Japanese): baseball; a baseball

Definitions

  1. baseball; a baseball

Ancestry of “野球”, step by step

野球 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 野

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese野an area, field; the hidden part of a structure;...
2Middle Chinese野—

via Japanese 球

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese球sphere, globe, orb; pitch; vacuum tube, valve
2Middle Chinese毬—

Words derived from “野球”

Every word from Middle Chinese 野 →Every word from Japanese 野 →