Pun etymology

English

English word pun comes from Old English pūnian

Etymology of pun

Detailed word origin of pun

Dictionary entry Language Definition
pūnian Old English (ang)
punen Middle English (enm)
pun English (en) A joke or type of wordplay in which similar senses or sounds of two words or phrases, or different senses of the same word, are deliberately confused. (intransitive) To make or tell a pun; to make a play on words.. (transitive) To beat; strike with force; to ram; to pound, as in a mortar; reduce to powder, to pulverize.

Words with the same origin as pun

Descendants of pūnian

impound pond