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From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
eyeball
eye·ballToday it means: The ball of the eye. Full definition →
Today it means: The ball of the eye. Full definition →
From eye + ball. Compare Middle English balle off the eye, balle of þe eyȝe (“eyeball”, literally “ball of the eye”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.