One way to hold this word is as a polite way of saying my lady, spoken while looking up at someone. The source gives the Italian parts as ma, my, and donna, lady. First the title lands on one woman, Mary, and stays with her. Then it slides onto the things that show her, so a painted board or a figure can be called a madonna too. Then it slides again onto any woman who is looked at that way, up on a shelf and admired for being pure. The looking-up never leaves the word, and that is why it can praise and trap at the same time.
From the word’s history
The source entry gives Madonna as Italian madonna, from Old Italian ma (my) plus donna (lady), and calls it a doublet of madam. So the modern uses all sit on a form of address meaning my lady.
來源資料說 Madonna 來自義大利文 madonna，也就是舊義大利文的 ma（我的）加 donna（女士），並指出它跟 madam 同源。所以今天的每個用法，底下都是同一句「我的女士」。
Wiktionary, "Madonna"
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