Words that come from Persian “موم”

46 words across 21 languages descend from Persian موم — including mummy, mummification, mummify, mummiform, mummylike, mummia, mummifier, mummyhood.

See the etymology of موم itself →

English (15)

Turkish (4)

French (3)

Italian (3)

Arabic (2)

Polish (2)

Spanish (2)

Late Latin (2)

Middle French (1)

Latin (1)

Macedonian (1)

Irish (1)

Tagalog (1)

Ottoman Turkish (1)

Persian (1)

Serbo-Croatian (1)

Waray-Waray (1)

Swahili (1)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Middle English (1)

Medieval Latin (1)