The story
- Latin · derived frommamma
- Medieval Latin · derived fromamma“wet nurse, amma”
- Portuguese · derived fromama“female nurse”
- English todayamah
From Portuguese ama (“female nurse”), from Medieval Latin amma (“wet nurse, amma”), perhaps an alteration of Latin mamma, of imitative origin, or from Ancient Greek.
Words from the same roots
Latinmamma all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.