Where does “ama” come from?

ama (Old Spanish) comes from Latin amma, from Proto-Indo-European amma- — mother.

ama (Old Spanish): wetnurse

Definitions

  1. wetnurse

Ancestry of “ama”, step by step

ama traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin amma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinammaA nocturnal bird
2Proto-Indo-Europeanamma-mother

via Late Latin amma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinammaA nocturnal bird
2Proto-Indo-Europeanama-mother

Words derived from “ama

Every word from Proto-Indo-European amma-Every word from Latin amma