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Where does “microsimulate” come from?

microsimulate (English) comes from English simulate, from Middle English symulat, from Latin simulatus, from Latin simulo, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

microsimulate (English): To employ microsimulation

Definitions

  1. To employ microsimulation

Ancestry of “microsimulate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsimulateTo model, replicate, duplicate the behavior,...
2Middle Englishsymulat—
3Latinsimulatusimitated
4LatinsimuloI make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent;...
5Latinsimilissimilar
6Proto-Italicsemalis—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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