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What language did the word mummy come from?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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It is orginally from Persian via Arabic:

1350-1400; Middle English mummie < Medieval Latin mummia < Arabic mūmiyah mummy, literally, bitumen < Persian mūm wax

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