Where does “mallsoft” come from?

mallsoft (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.

mallsoft (English): A vaporwave subgenre themed after retro shopping malls

Definitions

  1. A vaporwave subgenre themed after retro shopping malls

Ancestry of “mallsoft”, step by step

mallsoft traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mall

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmallA pedestrianised street, especially a shopping...
2Englishpall mallA 17th-century game in which a ball was driven...
3Old Frenchpale-maille
4Italianpallamagliopall mall
5Italianpallaball; bullet, shot; testicles
6LatinpallaA rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in...
7Frankishball
8Northern Samibállutesticle, ball
9Northern Samiballátto become scared
10Proto-Samicpëlājëtēkto become scared
11Proto-Samicpëlëtēkto fear
12Proto-Uralicpele-to fear

via English soft

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsoftEasily giving way under pressure; Smooth and...
2Middle Englishsoftesoft
3Old Englishsōftesoftly
4Proto-West Germanicsamftōsoftly, gently
5Proto-West GermanicCreates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent...
6Proto-Germanic-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Uralic pele-