Where does “mallgoth” come from?
mallgoth (English) comes from English mall, from English pall mall, from Old French pale-maille, from Italian pallamaglio, from Italian palla, from Latin palla, from Frankish ball, from Northern Sami bállu — to fear.
mallgoth (English): A trendy or ingenuine goth
Definitions
- A trendy or ingenuine goth
Ancestry of “mallgoth”, step by step
mallgoth traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English mall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mall | A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping... |
| 2 | English | pall mall | A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven... |
| 3 | Old French | pale-maille | — |
| 4 | Italian | pallamaglio | pall mall |
| 5 | Italian | palla | ball; bullet, shot; testicles |
| 6 | Latin | palla | A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in... |
| 7 | Frankish | ball | — |
| 8 | Northern Sami | bállu | testicle, ball |
| 9 | Northern Sami | ballát | to become scared |
| 10 | Proto-Samic | pëlājëtēk | to become scared |
| 11 | Proto-Samic | pëlëtēk | to fear |
| 12 | Proto-Uralic | pele- | to fear |
via English goth
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | goth | A punk-derived subculture of people who... |
| 2 | Middle English | Gothes | — |
| 3 | Latin | Gothi | Goths |
| 4 | Icelandic | goði | godi, an alternate title for a jarl, invoker or... |
| 5 | Old Norse | goði | godi, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing or keeper of a sanctuary |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gudô | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | gudjô | priest |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gudą | invoked one; god, deity |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | gastiz | stranger, guest |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰóstis | stranger, host |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |