Etymology

mirmillo

M3I1R1M3I1L1L1O1

Today it means: A kind of gladiator, known for wearing a Gallic helmet with the image of a fish. Full definition →

Latin mirmillō ← Ancient Greek μόρμυλος
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμόρμυλος
  2. Latin · derived frommirmillō
  3. English todaymirmillo

From Latin mirmillō, from Ancient Greek μόρμυλος (mórmulos).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.