Where does “mima” come from?

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

mima (French): third-person singular past historic of mimer

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of mimer

Ancestry of “mima”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmimerto mime; to mimic
2Frenchmimepantomime actor, mime; pantomime; first-person...
3Latinmīmusmime, farce
4Ancient Greekμῖμοςmime, actor; imitation, mimicking; mime
Every word from Ancient Greek μῖμος →Every word from Latin mīmus →Every word from French mime →