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Where does “merimangã” come from?

merimangã (Aromanian) comes from Albanian merimangë, from Albanian merming, from Greek μυρμήγκι, from Byzantine Greek μυρμήγκιν.

merimangã (Aromanian): spider

Definitions

  1. spider

Ancestry of “merimangã”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Albanianmerimangëspider
2Albanianmerming—
3Greekμυρμήγκιant; an insignificant person; a hard-working,...
4Byzantine Greekμυρμήγκιν—
Every word from Byzantine Greek μυρμήγκιν →