Where does “モール” come from?
モール (Japanese) comes from American 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.
モール (Japanese): shopping mall (US), shopping centre (UK)
Definitions
- shopping mall (US), shopping centre (UK)
Ancestry of “モール”, step by step
モール traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via American English mall
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | American 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 Portuguese mogol
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mogol | Obsolete form of mongol |
| 2 | Persian | مغول | Mongol |
| 3 | Mongolian | ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯ | Mongol, Mongolian |
| 4 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |