Where does “Ma” come from?
Ma comes from Chinese mǎ, a word of unknown origin and meaning.
Ma (English): Mother, mom, mama
Definitions
- Mother, mom, mama
Ancestry of “Ma”, step by step
Ma traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English My
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | My | megayear; Alternative letter-case form of my... |
| 2 | Middle English | mi | First-person singular genitive determiner: my |
| 3 | Middle English | min | First-person singular genitive determiner: my;... |
| 4 | Old English | mīn | my, mine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *mīn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mīnaz | my, mine; 1st person singular possessive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méynos | my; mine |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mei | to fix, to build fortifications or fences |