mam

Signification (Anglais)

Mum, mom; diminutive of mother.

Concepts

maman

mam

Synonymes

mammy

mommy

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mom

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mum

madam

ma’am

ma

Mrs

dame

Étymologie (Anglais)

Alteration or clipping of mama. Compare Scots mam, Early Scots mame (“mother”), mamye (“wet nurse”), Saterland Frisian Määme (“mother”), West Frisian mem (“mother”).
Alternatively, possibly either conserved from or influenced by earlier Brythonic language.