Etymograph

English

instant mami

Instant mami comes from Hokkien 肉麵.

  1. Hokkienmodern肉麵mah-mī
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003instant mami

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Hokkienmodern肉麵mah-mī
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2003instant mami

Earliest quotation: 2003, Ma. Romina M. Gonzalez, Welostit and Other Stories: “One brought two boxes of instant mami noodles.”

A compound of instant + mami

Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- ‘to stand’

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Latin īnstō ‘to stand upon, be nearby’

Latin īnstāns ‘present, pressing, urgent’

Old French instant ‘assiduous, at hand’

Middle English instant ‘infinitely short period of time’

English instant

Spanish mami ‘mommy’

English mami

Every English word from Hokkien 肉麵

Today it means

noun An instant noodle soup dish that is popular in the Philippines and abroad, consisting of pre-cooked noodles with a packet of soup, seasoning, and oil that can be prepared by adding hot water.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hokkien 肉麵 / instant mami

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