Where does “モッシュピット” come from?
モッシュピット (Japanese) comes from English mosh pit, from English pit, from Middle English pit, from Old English pytt, from Proto-West Germanic puti, from Latin puteus, from Latin -al — noun-forming suffix.
モッシュピット (Japanese): a mosh pit
Definitions
- a mosh pit
Ancestry of “モッシュピット”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mosh pit | The spontaneous dance floor created in front of a stage when people mosh |
| 2 | English | pit | A hole in the ground; An area at a racetrack used... |
| 3 | Middle English | pit | — |
| 4 | Old English | pytt | pit; well, pool; grave |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | puti | well |
| 6 | Latin | puteus | pit, dungeon; well; cistern |
| 7 | Latin | -al | noun-forming suffix |