English word origin

Etymology of Ima

From I'm or I'm going to.

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Source etymology 1

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contraction

Alternative form of Imma (I'm going to). · I'm.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From I'm or I'm going to.

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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗

name

Mom, Mommy, one's mother.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔim- Proto-Semitic *ʔimm- Aramaic אִמָּא (ʾimmā)bor. Hebrew אמאbor. English Ima Borrowed from Hebrew אמא.

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