Where does “amà” come from?

amà (Catalan) comes from Late Latin amma, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

amà (Catalan): wet nurse

Definitions

  1. wet nurse

Ancestry of “amà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinammaA nocturnal bird
2Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother

Words derived from “amà

Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma-Every word from Late Latin amma
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