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Where does “ermin” come from?
ermin (Old French) comes from Latin Armenius, from Ancient Greek Ἀρμένιος, from Old Persian 𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴.
Ancestry of “ermin”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
Armenius
Armenian mouse
2
Ancient Greek
Ἀρμένιος
Armenian
3
Old Persian
𐎠𐎼𐎷𐎡𐎴
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Words derived from “ermin”
ermine
ermined
ermine
ermin
ermyn
erminelike
counter-ermine
ermeno
counterermine
erminette
unermined
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