Where does “scimmietta” come from?

scimmietta (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,...

scimmietta (Italian): a naughty child

Definitions

a naughty child

Ancestry of “scimmietta”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Italian	scimmia	monkey, simian
2	Italian	scimia	Archaic form of scimmia
3	Latin	sīmia	an ape, monkey
4	Latin	sīmus	snub-nosed
5	Ancient Greek	σιμός	snub-nosed, flat nosed; steep, uphill; bent in,...

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