Where does “resemble” come from?
Resemble comes from Old French resembler, formed from the prefix re- and Latin similis meaning "like," ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European sem- meaning "same."
resemble (English): To be like or similar to ; to represent as...
Definitions
- To be like or similar to ; to represent as...
Ancestry of “resemble”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | resembler | to look like; to resemble |
| 2 | Old French | re- | re- |
| 3 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 4 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 5 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
Words derived from “resemble”