Mom
/mɑm/noun
A mother; an informal term for one’s female parent.
Did you know?Across many languages, words for ‘mother’ often come from early babbling sounds like /m/ and /ma/, which is why “mom” has such a deep, almost primal feel.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*méh₂tēr
“mother”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*mōdēr
“mother”
Old English
OE
mōdor
“mother”
Middle English
ME
moder / modyr
“mother”
Modern English
English
mom
“informal mother”