Where does “scimmia” come from?

scimmia (Italian) comes from Italian scimia, from Latin sīmia, from Latin sīmus, from Ancient Greek σιμός — snub-nosed, flat nosed; steep, uphill; bent in,...

scimmia (Italian): monkey, simian

Definitions

  1. monkey, simian

Ancestry of “scimmia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItalianscimiaArchaic form of scimmia
2Latinsīmiaan ape, monkey
3Latinsīmussnub-nosed
4Ancient Greekσιμόςsnub-nosed, flat nosed; steep, uphill; bent in,...

Words derived from “scimmia”

Every word from Ancient Greek σιμός →Every word from Latin sīmus →Every word from Latin sīmia →