mama

Meaning

Noun

Mother, female parent.

Origin

Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced by Middle English mome, from Old English *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, reduplication of *méh₂-, related to German Muhme, Latin mamma, Irish mam, Lithuanian mama, moma.

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