Where does “simulacre” come from?
simulacre (Catalan) comes from Latin simulacrum, from Latin simulo, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
simulacre (Catalan): drill
Ancestry of “simulacre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | simulacrum | an image, likeness |
| 2 | Latin | simulo | I make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent;... |
| 3 | Latin | similis | similar |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | semalis | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |