English
mammiform
Mammiform comes from Latin mamma ‘breast’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmamma‘breast’
- Englishtodaymammiform
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmamma‘breast’
- Englishtodaymammiform
Formed from mamm + iform
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μάμμη ‘mamma’
through Latin mamma ‘breast’
Today it means
adj Shaped like a breast.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mamma / mammiform