"Pall Mall"

Pall Mall: the name of a street in Westminster in London (UK) and comes from:

• British English pall mall, the name of a game once played there!
  • Middle French palle maille (said like "pell mell")
    • Italian pallmaglio ("ball-hammer")
      • Italian palla ("ball")
      • Italian maglio ("hammer")

other things:

• "Pall Mall" and "pall mall" are said like "pell mell" and not like "Paul maul"
• the name of the British pack of smokes is named after the same street
• the American English word "mall" was likely named after Pall Mall when it was once a shopping street
• so, that London street, the (indoor) shopping street and the pack of smokes stem from a worn-down Italian name of an old ball game!