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Where does “semblablement” come from?

semblablement (French) comes from French semblable, from French sembler, from Middle French sembler, from Old French sembler, from Latin similāre, from Latin similaris, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis — together, one.

semblablement (French): similarly

Definitions

  1. similarly

Ancestry of “semblablement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsemblablesimilar; something or someone that belongs to the...
2Frenchsemblerto seem, to resemble; to appear
3Middle Frenchsemblerto seem; to appear
4Old FrenchsemblerAlternative form of sambler; to be like; to seem
5Latinsimilāre—
6Latinsimilarisuniform; similar; second-person singular present...
7Latinsimilissimilar
8Proto-Italicsemalis—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
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