Where does “scimmione” come from?

scimmione (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,...

scimmione (Italian): a clumsy and brutish person

Definitions

  1. a clumsy and brutish person

Ancestry of “scimmione”, 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 σιμός →Every word from Latin sīmus →Every word from Latin sīmia →