English
mammillary
Mammillary may come from Middle French mamillaire.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mamillaireuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1969mammillary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mamillaireuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1969mammillary
Earliest quotation: 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor: “On the other hand, no woman who had ever…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek μάμμη ‘mamma’
through Latin mamma ‘breast’
Today it means
adj Resembling a breast or nipple in shape or form.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French mamillaire / mammillary