Where does “momo” come from?
momo (Spanish) comes from Spanish meme, from English meme, from French mémé, from French mamie, from Romanian mamă, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō — shiny, light brown.
momo (Spanish): funny face; silly face
Definitions
- funny face; silly face
Ancestry of “momo”, step by step
momo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish meme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | meme | meme unit of cultural information |
| 2 | English | meme | Any unit of cultural information, such as a... |
| 3 | French | mémé | Grandma, granny, nana |
| 4 | French | mamie | granny, grandma |
| 5 | Romanian | mamă | mother |
| 6 | Latin | mamma | a breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug |
| 7 | Latin | ferō | to bear; to carry |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | ferō | carry, bear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéreti | to be carrying |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰēr- | shiny, light brown |