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Where does “similaire” come from?

similaire (French) comes from Latin similaris, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

similaire (French): similar

Definitions

  1. similar

Ancestry of “similaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsimilarisuniform; similar; second-person singular present...
2Latinsimilissimilar
3Proto-Italicsemalis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “similaire”

  • similar
  • similarly
  • dissimilar
  • dissimilarly
  • bisimilar
  • biosimilar
  • nonsimilar
  • similarize
  • consimilar
  • similarness
  • similarish
  • dissimilarness
  • self-similar
  • nonsimilarly
  • dissimilaire
  • similairement
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