Where does “mombie” come from?

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

mombie (English): A cow; A mother who is consumed by raising her...

Definitions

  1. A cow; A mother who is consumed by raising her...

Ancestry of “mombie”, step by step

mombie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English mom

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmommother; An adult female owner of a pet; To care...
2Englishmommamother; A voluptuous woman; One's wife or...
3EnglishmamaMother, female parent
4Xhosaumamamom, mother
5Proto-Bantu*mààmá—

via English zombie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishzombieA snake god or fetish in religions of West Africa...
2Haitian Creolezonbizombie

via Shona mombe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Shonamombecattle
2Proto-Bantungòmbècow/ox, cattle
Every word from Proto-Bantu *mààmá →Every word from Xhosa umama →Every word from English mama →