pun

pun · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*punōną“to break to pieces, pulverize”
2. Old English · inherited frompunian
3. Middle English · inherited fromponnen
4. English todaypun

From Middle English ponnen, ponen, punen, from Old English punian, pūnian (“to pound, beat, bray, bruise, crush, grind”), from Proto-Germanic *punōną (“to break to pieces, pulverize”). See pound. As a kind of word play, from the notion of “beating” the words into place.

pun · noun²

1. Chinese · derived from分“fen”
2. Korean · derived from분
3. English todaypun

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 분 (bun), from Chinese 分 (“fen”).

pun · noun³

1. Hindi · borrowed from[Term?]
2. English todaypun

From Hindi [Term?].

Words from the same roots