momma 的词源

1810年，mamma（参见）在美式英语中的变体。似乎最早在南方使用，并带有种族背景。从1950年代起，指代摩托车骑士的女友或女性乘客。

An old negro woman is called momma, which is a broad pronunciation of mama ; and a girl, missy. I once happened to call a young negro wench momma— "me be no momma," says she, "me had no children yet." [John Lambert, "Travels through Lower Canada, and the United States of North America in the Years 1806, 1807, and 1808," London, 1810]

一位年长的黑人女性被称为momma，这是mama的广泛发音；而女孩则称为missy。我曾经不小心叫了一位年轻的黑人女孩momma——"me be no momma,"她说，"me had no children yet." [约翰·兰伯特，《穿越下加拿大和美国的旅行，1806、1807和1808年》，伦敦，1810年]