English

junkball

From junk + ball.

A compound of junk + ball

Proto-Italic *joinikos

Latin iuncus ‘rush, reed’

Old French jonc

Middle French jonc ‘rush’

Middle English jonk ‘a rush’

English junk

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 deliberately slow shot.

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

Etymograph / junkball