English
mammothrept
Mammothrept comes from Late Latin mammothreptus ‘kept at the breast too long’, from Koine Greek μαμμόθρεπτος ‘brought up by one’s grandmother’, and ultimately from Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō.
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰrépʰōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτρέφωtréphō‘to bring up’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμάμμηmámmē‘grandmother’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEμαμμόθρεπτοςmammóthreptos‘brought up by one’s grandmother’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmammothreptus‘kept at the breast too long’
- Englishearliest quotation 1601mammothrept
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tʰrépʰōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτρέφωtréphō‘to bring up’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEμάμμηmámmē‘grandmother’
- Koine Greekc. 300 BCE–600 CEμαμμόθρεπτοςmammóthreptos‘brought up by one’s grandmother’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmammothreptus‘kept at the breast too long’
- Englishearliest quotation 1601mammothrept
Earliest quotation: 1601, Ben Jonson, Fountaine of Selfe-love: “O, you are a meere mammothrept in judgement, then.…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek τρέφω ‘to bring up’
through Ancient Greek μάμμη ‘grandmother’
Today it means
noun A spoiled child.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō / mammothrept