Where does “ma-ama” come from?

ma-ama (Higaonon) comes from Portuguese -ama, from Portuguese -ame, from Latin -amen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

ma-ama (Higaonon): male

Definitions

  1. male

Ancestry of “ma-ama”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguese-amaforms nouns indicating a disorderly group or...
2Portuguese-ameforms nouns indicating a group or collection of...
3Latin-amen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Portuguese -ama
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