Etymology

mimicking

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English mimic ← Latin mīmicus ← Ancient Greek μῑμικός (mīmikós)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekμῖμος (mîmos)
  2. Ancient Greekμῑμικός (mīmikós)
  3. Latinmīmicus
  4. Englishmimic
  5. English todaymimicking

From mimic + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.