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Where does “mimer” come from?

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

mimer (French): to mime; to mimic

Definitions

  1. to mime; to mimic

Ancestry of “mimer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmimepantomime actor, mime; pantomime; first-person...
2Latinmīmus—
3Ancient Greekμῖμοςmime, actor; imitation, mimicking; mime

Words derived from “mimer”

  • mimare
  • mimabile
  • mima
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