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Where did the word “mummies” come from?

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Where did the word “mummies” come from?

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The English word mummy is derived from medieval Latin mumia, a borrowing of the Persian or Arabic word mūmiyyah (مومية), which means “bitumen”. Because of the blackened skin bitumen was once thought to be used extensively in ancient Egyptian embalming procedures.

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