mammothrept

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμάμμη“grandmother”
2. Koine Greek · derived fromμαμμόθρεπτος“brought up by one’s grandmother”
3. Late Latin · derived frommammothreptus“kept at the breast too long”
4. English todaymammothrept

From Late Latin mammothreptus (“kept at the breast too long”), from Koine Greek μαμμόθρεπτος (mammóthreptos, “brought up by one’s grandmother”), from Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē, “grandmother”) + θρεπτός (threptós) verbal adjective from τρέφω (tréphō, “to bring up”).