Ping-pong (English spelling)

Japanese: ping-pong(英語表記)pingpong
Ping-pong (English spelling)

Table tennis is a sport played indoors on a rectangular wooden table with a net in the middle, where players hit a celluloid ball with a racket to win points. Originally, it was called ping-pong because of the sound of the ball hitting the table, but an American sports equipment manufacturer trademarked "ping-pong," and the official name has since been "table tennis."
[history]
Its origins are unclear, but it is said to have begun in the 13th century as a pastime for French aristocrats.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "ping-pong" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…長方形の木製テーブル中央をネットで仕切り,セルロイド製ボールをラケットで打ち合って得点を競い,勝敗を争う室内競技。当初,打球音からピンポンping‐pongと呼ばれたが,アメリカの運動用具業者がPing‐Pongを商標登録したため,以後〈テーブルテニス〉〈卓球〉を正式名称として用いるようになった。
[歴史]
 起源については必ずしも明らかではないが,13世紀にフランス貴族の楽しみとして始まったとされる。…

※「ping-pong」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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