Where does “simkin” come from?
simkin (English) comes from English kin, from English fictionkin, from English fiction, from Middle English ficcioun, from Old French ficcion, from Latin fictio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
simkin (English): champagne
Definitions
- champagne
Ancestry of “simkin”, step by step
simkin traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English kin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kin | Race; family; breed; kind; Persons of the same... |
| 2 | English | fictionkin | An individual whose personal identity is based in fiction of some kind: a fictional character, a fictional race or species, etc |
| 3 | English | fiction | Literary type using invented or imaginative... |
| 4 | Middle English | ficcioun | An invention or fabrication |
| 5 | Old French | ficcion | dissimulation, ruse, invention |
| 6 | Latin | fictio | fashioning, forming, formation; fiction |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English SIM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | SIM | acronym of simulation; acronym of social... |
| 2 | English | simulation | Something that simulates a system or environment... |
| 3 | Middle English | symulacioun | dissembling, dishonesty, falsification |
| 4 | Middle French | simulation | — |
| 5 | Old French | simulation | — |
| 6 | Latin | simulatio | feigning, shamming, pretence, feint; insincerity,... |
| 7 | Latin | simulo | I make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent;... |
| 8 | Latin | similis | similar |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | semalis | similiar |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via English Champagne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Champagne | Alternative form of champagne |
| 2 | French | Champagne | region and former province of France |
| 3 | Old French | champagne | — |
| 4 | Late Latin | campania | open country, battlefield; field; level country |
| 5 | Latin | campus | Open flat level ground: a plain, a natural field;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂emp- | to bend; crooked; to bend, curve |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |