Where does “ma” come from?

ma (French) comes from French tante, from Middle French tante, from Middle French ante, from Old French ante, from Latin amita, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

ma (French): feminine singular of mon; my

Definitions

  1. feminine singular of mon; my

Ancestry of “ma”, step by step

ma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French tante

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtanteaunt
2Middle Frenchtante—
3Middle Frenchanteauntie; aunt
4Old Frenchantenominative singular of antain; aunt
5Latinamitapaternal aunt; father's sister
6Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother

via Old French ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmamy
2Latinmeamaccusative feminine singular of meus

Words derived from “ma”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma- →