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Where does “sanble” come from?

sanble (Haitian Creole) comes from French sembler, from Middle French sembler, from Old French sembler, from Latin similāre, from Latin similaris, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

sanble (Haitian Creole): seem, appear; look like

Definitions

  1. seem, appear; look like

Ancestry of “sanble”, step by step

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