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The latin word for mummy is mater, which actually means mother.
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What does mummy mean in ancient Egypt?
The word "mummy" doesn't come from Ancient Egypt. The English word mummy is derived from medieval Latin word "mumia", a borrowing of the medieval Arabic word mūmiya (مومياء) and from a Persian word mūm (which means "wax") which meant an embalmed corpse, and as well as the embalming substance.
How can the word mummy be used in a sentence?
There are mummy in the Egypt.
What is a sentence for the word mummy?
The mummy seems to be missing.
What does mummy stand for?
There is no acronym for the letters MUMMY.The word "mummy" for an embalmed corpse comes from the Latin mumia, a form of the Arabic word mumiya meaning an embalmed corpse or the embalming material (bitumen)."Mummification" means to preserve by removing bodily fluids, a form of embalming.
What is the meaning of mommy and mummy?
'Mummy' is the usual British word.
What language did the word mummy come from?
It is orginally from Persian via Arabic: 1350-1400; Middle English mummie < Medieval Latin mummia < Arabic mūmiyah mummy, literally, bitumen < Persian mūm wax
Why Egyptian. Mummies. Called. Mummies?
The English word mummy is derived from medieval Latin mumia, a borrowing of the medieval Arabic word mūmiya(مومياء) and from a Persian word mūm (wax), which meant an embalmed corpse
Is mummy a noun?
Yes, the word 'mummy' is a noun, a singular, common, concrete noun, a word for a thing.
What are synonyms of mummy?
Synonyms for "Mummy" meaning mother include"mamamamammamammymommommamommymumThere are no synonyms for "mummy" meaning the body of a human or animal that has been embalmed and prepared for burial, as according to the practices of the ancient Egyptians.
How do you translate mummy into German?
If it is 'mummy' as in your mother, then the word is Mumie (moom-eh).
How do you say mummy in Gaelic?
As in Egyptian mummy is seargán; as a word for mother it is mam/mamaí.
How do you say mummy in Irish?
As in Egyptian mummy is seargán; as a word for mother it is mam/mamaí.
