The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμιμιάμβους“mime-iamb”
- French · derived frommimiambe
- English todaymimiamb
From mimiambus, possibly from French mimiambe, from Ancient Greek μιμιάμβους (mimiámbous, “mime-iamb”), from μῖμος (mîmos, “actor, imitator”) + ἴαμβος (íambos, “iamb”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.