Where does “semblaunce” come from?
semblaunce (Middle English) comes from Old French semblance, from Old French semblant, from Old French sembler, from Latin similāre, from Latin similaris, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
Ancestry of “semblaunce”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | semblance | — |
| 2 | Old French | semblant | — |
| 3 | Old French | sembler | Alternative form of sambler; to be like; to seem |
| 4 | Latin | similāre | a fax machine |
| 5 | Latin | similaris | uniform; similar; second-person singular present... |
| 6 | Latin | similis | similar |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | semalis | similiar |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |