English

killerball

From killer + ball.

A compound of killer + ball

Middle English killer

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 Synonym of murderball (“team sport resembling dodgeball”).

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

Etymograph / killerball