Etymology

polo

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Today it means: A ball game where two teams of players on horseback use long-handled mallets to propel the ball along the ground and into their opponent's goal. Full definition →

Balti پولو
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polo · noun, verb1

  1. Balti · derived fromپولو“ball”
  2. English todaypolo

From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ (po lo), ཕོ་ལོང (pho long), སྤོ་ལོ (spo lo, “ball”).

polo · noun2

From Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.

polo · noun3

Unknown.

polo · interjection, verb4

  1. Latin · derived fromPaulus
  2. English todaypolo

From the game marco polo, from the explorer Marco Polo, from Latin Paulus.

polo · noun5

  1. Persian · borrowed fromپلو
  2. English todaypolo

Borrowed from Persian پلو (polov).

Polo · interjection6

  1. Latin · derived fromMarcus Paulus
  2. English todayPolo

From Marco Polo, from Latin Marcus Paulus, from Paulus.

Polo · proper noun7

  1. Spanish · borrowed fromPolo
  2. Italian · borrowed fromPolo
  3. English todayPolo

From Italian Polo and Spanish Polo.

Words from the same roots

LatinPaulus all →

paulPablo

LatinMarcus Paulus all →

marco

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