Etymograph

English

fourball

From four + ball.

A compound of four + ball

Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr ‘four’

Proto-Germanic *fedwōr ‘four’

Proto-West Germanic *feuwar ‘four’

Old English fēower ‘four’

Middle English four

English four

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’

Proto-Germanic *balluz ‘round object’

Old English *beall

Middle English bal ‘a ball’

English ball

Today it means

noun A match between two teams of two golfers, each playing his or her own ball throughout the round rather than alternating shots, and each hole won by the team whose individual golfer has the lowest score.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / fourball