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Where does “mimoză” come from?

mimoză (Romanian) comes from French mimosa, from Latin mīmus, from Ancient Greek μῖμος — mime, actor; imitation, mimicking; mime.

mimoză (Romanian): mimosa

Definitions

  1. mimosa

Ancestry of “mimoză”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmimosamimosa
2Latinmīmus—
3Ancient Greekμῖμοςmime, actor; imitation, mimicking; mime
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