Where does “mamma mia” come from?

mamma mia (Italian) comes from Italian mamma, from French maman, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti, from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- — shiny, light brown.

mamma mia (Italian): my goodness!, goodness me!

Definitions

  1. my goodness!, goodness me!

Ancestry of “mamma mia”, step by step

mamma mia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mamma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmammamom/mum
2Frenchmamanmummy, mom, mum
3Latinmammaa breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug
4Latinferōto bear; to carry
5Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Italian mia

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmiafeminine singular of mio; of mine
2Italianmiomy; of mine; mine; mine; the thing belonging to...
3Old Italianmeo—
4Latinmeusmy, mine
5Proto-Italicmeosmy

Words derived from “mamma mia”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti →Every word from Proto-Italic ferō →