The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκειμήλῐᾰ
- Medieval Latin · borrowed fromcimelia
- English todaycimelia
From Medieval Latin cimelia, cimilia, from Ancient Greek κειμήλῐᾰ (keimḗlĭă), plural of κειμήλῐον (keimḗlĭon, “something stored or saved up; treasure; heirloom”), from κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie; to be laid up”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.