Etymograph

English

rollunder

From roll + under.

A compound of roll + under

Latin rota ‘wheel’

Latin rotula ‘a little wheel’

Medieval Latin rotulāre ‘to roll; to revolve’

Old French roller

Middle English rollen

English roll

Proto-Germanic *under ‘under, beneath; among’

Proto-West Germanic *undar ‘under’

Old English under ‘under, beneath’

Middle English under

English under

Today it means

noun A raised target above the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls underneath it.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rollunder”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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