Polo
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late 19th century: from Balti, ‘ball’.
wiktionary
From Balti پولو (polo, “ball”). Cognate with Tibetan པོ་ལོ(po lo), ཕོ་ལོང(pho long), སྤོ་ལོ(spo lo, “ball”).
Spanish, an air or popular song in Andalusia.
Unknown.
etymonline
polo (n.)
ball game of eastern origin resembling field hockey played on horseback, 1872, Anglo-Indian polo, from Balti (Tibetan language of the Indus valley) polo "ball," related to Tibetan pulu "ball." An ancient game in south Asia, first played in England at Aldershot, 1871. Water polo is from 1876 (in early versions players sometimes paddled about on barrels or in canoes). Polo shirt (1892) originally was a kind worn by polo players.
