köken: Derived, through M(e)a Dom(i)na, from mea (“my, of mine”) + domina (“lady”). By surface analysis, mea + donna. Cognate with Italian and Neapolitan Madonna.
From Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (“my”) + donna (“lady”). It was first attested in 1552 and its meaning was primarily (Italian) woman. Its use in the sense of the Virgin Mary was attested much later, in 1844.