Where does “miimi” come from?

miimi (Finnish) comes from French mime, from Latin mīmus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος — mime, actor; imitation, mimicking; mime.

miimi (Finnish): mime

Definitions

  1. mime

Ancestry of “miimi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmimepantomime actor, mime; pantomime; first-person...
2Latinmīmusmime, farce
3Ancient Greekμῖμοςmime, actor; imitation, mimicking; mime
Every word from Ancient Greek μῖμος →Every word from Latin mīmus →Every word from French mime →