Where does “scimmiatico” come from?

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

scimmiatico (Italian): simian

Definitions

  1. simian

Ancestry of “scimmiatico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianscimmiamonkey, simian
2ItalianscimiaArchaic form of scimmia
3Latinsīmiaan ape, monkey
4Latinsīmussnub-nosed
5Ancient Greekσιμόςsnub-nosed, flat nosed; steep, uphill; bent in,...
Every word from Ancient Greek σιμόςEvery word from Latin sīmusEvery word from Latin sīmia
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