Where does “dissemblar” come from?

dissemblar (Catalan) comes from Catalan semblar, from Old Occitan semblar, from Latin similāre, from Latin similaris, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

dissemblar (Catalan): to not ressemble, to differ

Definitions

  1. to not ressemble, to differ

Ancestry of “dissemblar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalansemblarto seem, look; to look like, resemble
2Old Occitansemblarseem; to appear
3Latinsimilārea fax machine
4Latinsimilarisuniform; similar; second-person singular present...
5Latinsimilissimilar
6Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Italic semalis →Every word from Latin similis →