Etymology

gyroball

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Today it means: A spinning pitch thrown most commonly by Japanese baseball players. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishgyro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  3. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  4. Old English*beall
  5. Middle Englishbal
  6. Englishball
  7. English todaygyroball

From gyro- + ball.

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