Meaning

noun informal terms for a mother

noun a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

originFrom Middle English mummie, from Anglo-Norman mumie, from Middle French momie, from Medieval Latin mumia, from Arabic مُومِيَاء (mūmiyāʔ), from Persian مومیا (mumyâ), from موم (mum, “wax”). Doublet of mumijo.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0