Mama
mid 16th century: imitative of a child's first syllables ma, ma .
wiktionary
Originally from baby talk. Possibly influenced by Middle English mome(“mother, aunt”), from Old English *mōme, from Proto-West Germanic *mōmā, from Proto-Germanic *mōmǭ(“mother, aunt”), from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-méh₂, reduplication of *méh₂-(“mother”), related to German Muhme(“aunt”), Latin mamma(“mother, nurse”), Irish mam(“mother”), Lithuanian mama, moma(“mother”).
etymonline
mama
1707, spelling variant of mamma. Meaning "sexually attractive woman" is attested by 1925 in African-American vernacular. Mamasan "woman in a position of authority," especially "woman in charge of a geisha-house" is by 1949, with Japanese san, an honorific title. Mama mia! as an exclamation of surprise, etc. is by 1848, from Italian, literally "mother mine!"
