English

fieldball

From field + ball.

A compound of field + ball

Proto-Germanic *felþuz ‘field’

Proto-West Germanic *felþu ‘field’

Old English feld ‘field’

Middle English feld ‘field’

English field

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’

Proto-Germanic *balluz ‘round object’

Old English *beall

Middle English bal ‘a ball’

English ball

Today it means

noun A version of handball played by a team of up to eleven players outdoors.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fieldball