Where does “similarity” come from?
Similarity comes from French similarité, from Latin similāritās, the abstract noun formation from similis meaning resembling or like, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -it-.
similarity (English): Closeness of appearance to something else; The...
Definitions
- Closeness of appearance to something else; The...
Ancestry of “similarity”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | similarité | similarity |
| 2 | English | -ity | Used to form a noun from an adjective;... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ite | — |
| 4 | Old French | -ité | -ity |
| 5 | Latin | -itās | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |