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The word ball has several meanings. I am not sure that every meaning has the same origin but the word ball as in basketball, football, baseball etc comes from the greek verb βάλλω (vallo -that means shoot). From this verb comes also originates and the word ballista (in Greek Ballistra) the weapon that was shooting rocks shaped as balls.
In Greek the word ball is bala (μπάλα). It is counter-loan from English. If the word was earlier in Greek it would be pronounced vala and not Bala.
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Definition of word philoxenia : An act of hospitableness and welcome. Collins dictionary Word originates from greek word Φιλοξενία (philoxenIa) that is composed by the 2 Greek words Φίλος (philos means friend) and Ξένος (xenos* pronounced ksenos, that means alien, outsider, stranger). In ancient Greece if you had guests from[…]