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Where does “simia” come from?

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

Ancestry of “simia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsīmus—
2Ancient Greekσιμόςsnub-nosed, flat nosed; steep, uphill; bent in,...
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