Where does “similitude” come from?
Similitude comes from Latin similitūdinem, derived from the noun similitūdō, from the adjective similis, traced through Proto-Italic semalis to the Proto-Indo-European root sem-.
similitude (English): Similarity or resemblance to something else; A...
Definitions
- Similarity or resemblance to something else; A...
Ancestry of “similitude”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | similitūdō | Likeness, resemblance, similarity; imitation |
| 2 | Latin | similis | similar |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | semalis | similiar |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |