The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσιμός“snub-nosed”
- Latin · derived fromsīmia“ape, monkey”
- English todaysimian
From Latin sīmia (“ape, monkey”), from Ancient Greek σιμός (simós, “snub-nosed”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσιμός all →
simasimous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.