μῖμος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Probably a Pre-Greek loan.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

μῖμος (mîmosm (genitive μῑ́μου); second declension

  1. mime, actor
  2. imitation, mimicking
  3. mime (a drama of everyday life without choir)

Inflection

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: meme, English: mime, English: mimic
  • Latin: mīmus (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Armenian: միմոս (mimos)
  • Old Georgian: მიმოსი (mimosi)
  • Russian: мим (mim)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

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