Where does “maimuți” come from?

maimuți (Romanian) comes from Romanian maimuță, from Greek μαϊμού, from Ottoman Turkish میمون, from Arabic مَيْمُون — baboon, mandrill; monkey.

maimuți (Romanian): to mock by imitating someone

Definitions

  1. to mock by imitating someone

Ancestry of “maimuți”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmaimuțămonkey
2Greekμαϊμούmonkey; knockoff
3Ottoman Turkishمیمونmonkey
4Arabicمَيْمُونbaboon, mandrill; monkey

Words derived from “maimuți”

Every word from Arabic مَيْمُون →Every word from Ottoman Turkish میمون →Every word from Greek μαϊμού →