English
stoopball
From stoop + ball.
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewb- ‘to push, butt, knock’
Proto-Germanic *stūpōną
Proto-West Germanic *stūpōn
Old English stūpian ‘to bow, bend’
Middle English stoupen ‘to bend over’
English stoop
Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- ‘to blow’
Proto-Germanic *balluz ‘round object’
Old English *beall
Middle English bal ‘a ball’
English ball
Today it means
noun A game played by bouncing a ball off a step or stoop.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “stoopball”. 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.
Etymograph / stoopball