English
mammery
Alteration of earlier mamorie, a variant of mammering, as if from mammer + -y.
Formed from mammer + -y
Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
Proto-Germanic *maimrōną ‘to take care, worry’
Proto-West Germanic *maimrōn
Old English māmrian ‘to think through, deliberate, plan out, design’
Middle English mameren ‘to hesitate, be undecided, waver, mutter’
English mammer
Today it means
adj Prone to mumble or stammer; mumbly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mammery