English

stunpoll

From stun + poll.

A compound of stun + poll

Middle English stonen ‘to astonish, shock, or stupefy’

English stun

Proto-Indo-European *bew- ‘to blow, swell’

Proto-Indo-European *bolno- ‘orb, round object’

Proto-Germanic *pullaz ‘round object, head, top’

Proto-West Germanic *poll

Middle English pol ‘scalp, pate (head)’

English poll

Today it means

noun bonehead, stupid person

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

Etymograph / stunpoll