- mimic (n.)
- 1580s, "a mime," from Latin mimicus, from Greek mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes," from mimos "mime."
- mimic (v.)
- 1680s, from mimic (n.). Related: Mimicked; mimicking.
- mimic (adj.)
- 1590s, from Latin mimicus, from Greek mimikos "of or pertaining to mimes," verbal adjective from mimeisthai "to mimic, imitate, portray by means of imitation" (see mimeograph).