Where does “sourball” come from?
sourball (English) comes from English sour, from Middle English sour, from Old French essorer, from Vulgar Latin exaurare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.
sourball (English): A hard candy with a sour flavor
Definitions
- A hard candy with a sour flavor
Ancestry of “sourball”, step by step
sourball traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English sour
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | sour | Having an acidic, sharp or tangy taste; Made... |
| 2 | Middle English | sour | sour, acidic, bitter; foul-smelling, rancid;... |
| 3 | Old French | essorer | to fly up, soar |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exaurare | to rise into the air; to expose to air; to rise... |
| 5 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 6 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 7 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 8 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via English Ball
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ball | surname |
| 2 | Middle English | bal | A ball; A rounded or spherical lump or bump,... |
| 3 | Old English | beall | ball |
| 4 | English | beal | A small inflammatory tumor; pustule; To gather... |
| 5 | Old English | hyll | hill |
| 6 | Albanian | hulli | furrow |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hulliz | hill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kl̥Hnís | hill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kelH- | to rise, to be tall; hill |