English Explanatory Dictionary

Mumm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname.
verb
  1. Archaic form of mum (“to act in pantomime or dumb show”).

Word forms

Mumm Mumms mumming mummed

Etymology

* From the personal name Mummo, ultimately from a Germanic name corresponding to *mundō (“protection”) + *mōdaz (“courage”). * As a Swabian/Alemannic German surname, from the verb mummen (“to mumble”). Both senses are comparable to Mumme, a spelling variant.

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