English
touchball
From touch + ball.
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’
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Frankish *tukkōn ‘to knock, strike, touch’
Vulgar Latin *tuccō ‘to knock, strike’
Old French tochier ‘to touch’
Middle English touchen ‘to touch’
English touch
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 touch football (“American football variant”).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / touchball