Etymology

battleball

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Today it means: A form of dodgeball. Full definition →

English ball ← Middle English bal ← Old English *beall
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰedʰh₂-
  2. Latinbattuō
  3. Late Latinbattālia
  4. Old Frenchbataille
  5. Middle Englishbatayle
  6. Englishbattle
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  8. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  9. Old English*beall
  10. Middle Englishbal
  11. Englishball
  12. English todaybattleball

From battle + ball.

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