boccia

Meanings

1. A sport, similar to bocce, designed to be played by people with impaired motor skills.

1. A surname from Italian.

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis)der. Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia)bor. Vulgar Latin *buttia Italian bocciabor. English boccia Borrowed from Italian boccia (“ball”), from Vulgar Latin *buttia, borrowed from Byzantine Greek βούττια (boúttia, plural of βούττιον (boúttion)), from Ancient Greek βοῦττις (boûttis), possibly borrowed from Pre-Greek. Doublet of butt (“wooden cask”).