Where does “mama” come from?

mama (Aukan) comes from English mama, from Xhosa umama, from Proto-Bantu *mààmá.

mama (Aukan): mother; woman

Definitions

  1. mother; woman

Ancestry of “mama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmamaMother, female parent
2Xhosaumamamom, mother
3Proto-Bantu*mààmá—
Every word from Proto-Bantu *mààmá →