Etymology

nutball

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Today it means: A crazy person. Full definition →

English nut ← Middle English note ← Old English hnutu
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*hnuts
  2. Proto-West Germanic*hnut
  3. Old Englishhnutu
  4. Middle Englishnote
  5. Englishnut
  6. English todaynutball

From nut + -ball.

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