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Where does “pantomiimi” come from?

pantomiimi (Finnish) comes from Latin pantomīmus, from Ancient Greek παντόμιμος, from Ancient Greek μιμέομαι, from Ancient Greek -έω, from Proto-Indo-European -éyeti, from Proto-Indo-European -yeti — Creates transitive imperfective verbs from roots.

pantomiimi (Finnish): mime; charades

Definitions

  1. mime; charades

Ancestry of “pantomiimi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpantomīmus—
2Ancient Greekπαντόμιμος—
3Ancient GreekμιμέομαιI mimic
4Ancient Greek-έωUsed to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and...
5Proto-Indo-European-éyetiForms causative imperfective verbs from roots;...
6Proto-Indo-European-yetiCreates transitive imperfective verbs from roots

Words derived from “pantomiimi”

  • balettipantomiimi
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