Where does “مول الحوت” come from?
مول الحوت (Moroccan Arabic) comes from Moroccan Arabic مول, from English mall, from English pall mall, from Old French pale-maille, from Italian pallamaglio, from Italian palla, from Latin palla, from Frankish ball — to fear.
مول الحوت (Moroccan Arabic): fishmonger
Definitions
- fishmonger
Ancestry of “مول الحوت”, step by step
مول الحوت traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Moroccan Arabic مول
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moroccan Arabic | مول | shopping center |
| 2 | English | mall | A pedestrianised street, especially a shopping... |
| 3 | English | pall mall | A 17th-century game in which a ball was driven... |
| 4 | Old French | pale-maille | — |
| 5 | Italian | pallamaglio | pall mall |
| 6 | Italian | palla | ball; bullet, shot; testicles |
| 7 | Latin | palla | A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in... |
| 8 | Frankish | ball | — |
| 9 | Northern Sami | bállu | testicle, ball |
| 10 | Northern Sami | ballát | to become scared |
| 11 | Proto-Samic | pëlājëtēk | to become scared |
| 12 | Proto-Samic | pëlëtēk | to fear |
| 13 | Proto-Uralic | pele- | to fear |