Where does “schiemgia” come from?

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

schiemgia (Romansch): monkey

Definitions

  1. monkey

Ancestry of “schiemgia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsīmiaan ape, monkey
2Latinsīmussnub-nosed
3Ancient Greekσιμόςsnub-nosed, flat nosed; steep, uphill; bent in,...
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