From Late Latin mammothreptus ("kept at the breast too long"), from Koine Greek μαμμόθρεπτος ("brought up by one’s grandmother"), from Ancient Greek μάμμη ("grandmother") + θρεπτός verbal adjective from τρέφω.
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