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Where does “maimón” come from?

maimón (Spanish) comes from Arabic ميمون, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

maimón (Spanish): a type of monkey with having prehensile tail; A...

Definitions

  1. a type of monkey with having prehensile tail; A...

Ancestry of “maimón”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicميمونbaboon, mandrill; auspicious, blessed, favorable,...
2Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
3Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—

Words derived from “maimón”

  • mona
  • amonarse
  • monería
  • monada
  • mona
  • mono
  • mona
  • munu
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