Where does “ميم” come from?

ميم (Arabic) comes from English meme, from French mémé, from French mamie, from Romanian mamă, from Latin mamma, from Latin ferō, from Proto-Italic ferō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰéreti — shiny, light brown.

ميم (Arabic): Name of the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing the sound

Definitions

  1. Name of the 24th letter of the Arabic alphabet, representing the sound

Ancestry of “ميم”, step by step

ميم traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English meme

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmemeAny unit of cultural information, such as a...
2FrenchméméGrandma, granny, nana
3Frenchmamiegranny, grandma
4Romanianmamămother
5Latinmammaa breast; an udder; a pap; a teat, a dug
6Latinferōto bear; to carry
7Proto-Italicferōcarry, bear
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰéretito be carrying
9Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰēr-shiny, light brown

via Phoenician 𐤌𐤌

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Phoenician𐤌𐤌water
2Proto-Semiticmāy-water
3Proto-Afroasiaticmaʔ-water
Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰēr-Every word from Proto-Indo-European bʰéretiEvery word from Proto-Italic ferō