Etymology

zestball

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Today it means: One who behaves effeminately, a zesty person. Full definition →

English zest ← French zeste ← Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sek-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*skey-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*skeyd-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*skidtós
  5. Ancient Greekσχιστός (skhistós)
  6. Frenchzeste
  7. Englishzest
  8. English todayzestball

From zest + -ball.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.