Naismith was a born sportsman and loved playing rugby in particular. When he finally became a professor at the YMCA college, he decided that he would create an indoor game that people could resort to during the winter season, and this is what eventually transformed into the game of basketball...
Where did the word really originate? early 14c., "actually existing, having physical existence (not imaginary);" mid-15c., "relating to things" (especially property), from Old French reel "real, actual,"from Late Latin.The meaning "genuine" is recorded from 1550s; the sense of "unaffected...