pall mall

pall mall · noun¹

1. Italian · derived frompalla“ball”
2. Italian · derived frompallamaglio“ball-hammer”
3. Middle French · borrowed frompallemaille
4. English todaypall mall

From Middle French pallemaille, pale-maille, from Italian pallamaglio (“ball-hammer”), from Italian palla (“ball”) and maglio (“hammer”).

Pall Mall · proper noun, noun²

From pall mall, the name of a game once played there.

Words from the same roots