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Dame_Ann_Average posted:
Baz posted:

I wonder what came first ....mummy for mother , or mummies for mumification 

mummification, I think

 

The English word mummy is derived from medieval Latin mumia, a borrowing of the medieval Arabic word mÅŦmiya (Ų…ŲˆŲ…ŲŠØ§ØĄ) and from a Persianword mÅŦm (wax), which meant an embalmed corpse, and as well as the bituminous embalming substance, and also meant "bitumen".

 

 

Thanks Dame Still seems a strange thing to call a mother 

Baz
Baz posted:
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
Baz posted:

I wonder what came first ....mummy for mother , or mummies for mumification 

mummification, I think

 

The English word mummy is derived from medieval Latin mumia, a borrowing of the medieval Arabic word mÅŦmiya (Ų…ŲˆŲ…ŲŠØ§ØĄ) and from a Persianword mÅŦm (wax), which meant an embalmed corpse, and as well as the bituminous embalming substance, and also meant "bitumen".

 

 

Thanks Dame Still seems a strange thing to call a mother 

Rocking Ros Rose
Kaytee posted:
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
Baz posted:
 

 

 

Thanks Dame Still seems a strange thing to call a mother 

 

the mother definition came from a different word, I think Kaytee explained 

Saxon probs....but then the Norman's would have said Ma Mere...which could develop into Mammy...if you stretch it a bit 😂

Baz

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