Where does “sams” come from?

sams (English) comes from English SAM, from Middle English sām, from Old English sāmen, from Proto-Germanic saman, from Proto-Germanic samanai, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sams (English): plural of sam

Definitions

  1. plural of sam

Ancestry of “sams”, step by step

sams traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English SAM

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSAMInitialism of surface-to-air missile; Initialism...
2Middle Englishsāmtogether
3Old Englishsāmentogether
4Proto-Germanicsaman
5Proto-Germanicsamanaiat one; together
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

via English S

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSThe ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem-Every word from Proto-Germanic samanaiEvery word from Proto-Germanic saman