Middle English
- beisebol= baseball: from Modern English, from base (from Old French base, from Latin basis "base, pedestal", from Ancient Greek βασις basis, from βαινειν bainein "to go, to come", from the IE root ) + ball from Middle English bal, (from either Old Norse böllr OR Old English (*)beall) both from Germanic (*)ball-, from the IE root (*)bhel- "to swell" .
- boxear= to box: from Middle English box
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