English
mamma
Mamma comes from Latin mamma ‘breast’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmamma‘breast’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmamma‘breast’
- Englishearliest quotation 1880same form
Earliest quotation: 1880, Herbert Spencer, The Study of Sociology: “Either sex under special stimulations is capable of manifesting…”
Every English word from Latin mamma
Today it means
noun The milk-secreting organ of female humans and other mammals which includes the mammary gland and the nipple or teat; a breast; an udder.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mamma / mamma