Etymology of the English word volleyball
the English word
volleyballderived from the English word
volleyderived from the French word
voleederived from the Old French word
volerderived from the Latin word
volare (fly)
derived from the English word
ballderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*balluzderived from the English root
*beallderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-Derivations in English
wallyballDerivations in other languages
Portuguese
volibol, Spanish
voleibolCognates
Spanish
voleibolUsage
Word found in Modern English
