English

laundry ball

From laundry + ball.

A compound of laundry + ball

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- ‘to wash’

Latin lavandaria

Old French lavanderie

Middle English lavendrie ‘a part of a manor or a facility for washing…’

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 ball-shaped object used to clean clothes by mechanical action in a washing machine, as a substitute for laundry detergent.

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

Etymograph / laundry ball