Where does “scimmio” come from?

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

scimmio (Italian): ape, monkey

Definitions

  1. ape, monkey

Ancestry of “scimmio”, step by step

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