Where does “simulation” come from?
Simulation comes from Middle English simulacion, from French simulation, from Latin simulatio (noun of action from simulare, meaning to make similar), from the root similis meaning similar, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sem- meaning same.
simulation (English): Something that simulates a system or environment...
Definitions
- Something that simulates a system or environment...
Ancestry of “simulation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | symulacioun | dissembling, dishonesty, falsification |
| 2 | Middle French | simulation | — |
| 3 | Old French | simulation | — |
| 4 | Latin | simulatio | feigning, shamming, pretence, feint; insincerity,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |