Where does “sinjo” come from?

sinjo (Franco-Provençal) comes from Latin simius, from Latin sīmia, from Latin sīmus, from Ancient Greek σιμός — snub-nosed, flat nosed; steep, uphill; bent in,...

sinjo (Franco-Provençal): monkey

Definitions

  1. monkey

Ancestry of “sinjo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsimiusape, monkey
2Latinsīmiaan ape, monkey
3Latinsīmussnub-nosed
4Ancient Greekσιμόςsnub-nosed, flat nosed; steep, uphill; bent in,...
Every word from Ancient Greek σιμός →Every word from Latin sīmus →Every word from Latin sīmia →