Where does “ママ” come from?

ママ (Japanese) comes from English mama, from Xhosa umama, from Proto-Bantu *mààmá.

ママ (Japanese): mama, mamma, a childish form of mother, one's...

Definitions

  1. mama, mamma, a childish form of mother, one's...

Ancestry of “ママ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmamaMother, female parent
2Xhosaumamamom, mother
3Proto-Bantu*mààmá—

Words derived from “ママ”

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