Etymology of the English word punchball
the English word
punchballderived from the English word
punchderived from the Old French word
poinçonderived from the Latin word
punctio (puncture; pricking pain)
derived from the Latin word
punctusderived from the Late Latin word
pungere (prick, puncture; sting)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*peuk-derived from the English word
ballderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*balluzderived from the English root
*beallderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhel-Usage
Word found in Modern English