Where does “mom” come from?

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

mom (English): mother; An adult female owner of a pet; To care...

Definitions

  1. mother; An adult female owner of a pet; To care...

Ancestry of “mom”, step by step

mom traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English momma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmommamother; A voluptuous woman; One's wife or...
2EnglishmamaMother, female parent
3Xhosaumamamom, mother
4Proto-Bantu*mààmá—

via Thai หม่อม

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiหม่อมfemale commoner who marries a royal person...
2Thaiกระหม่อมa first person pronoun employed by; fontanel;...
3Thaiขม่อม—

via Khmer មុំ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Khmerមុំcorner; angle
2Proto-Mon-Khmermumcorner; angle

Words derived from “mom”

Every word from Proto-Bantu *mààmá →Every word from Xhosa umama →Every word from English mama →