Where does “simulare” come from?

simulare (Italian) comes from Latin simulare, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

simulare (Italian): to simulate, to fake, to feign, to pretend

Definitions

  1. to simulate, to fake, to feign, to pretend

Ancestry of “simulare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsimularepresent active infinitive of simulō;...
2Latinsimilissimilar
3Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
4Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “simulare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Italic semalis →Every word from Latin similis →