Where does “some” come from?

some (Galician) comes from Galician sumir, from Old Portuguese sumir, from Latin sūmere.

some (Galician): third-person singular present indicative of sumir

Definitions

  1. third-person singular present indicative of sumir

Ancestry of “some”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galiciansumirto submerge; to cause to fall, to trip up; to...
2Old Portuguesesumir
3Latinsūmere
Every word from Latin sūmereEvery word from Old Portuguese sumirEvery word from Galician sumir
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