Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “semere” come from?

semere (Middle English) comes from Ottoman Turkish ثمره, from Arabic ثمرة, from Arabic م, from Proto-Semitic šamaʿ-.

Ancestry of “semere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishثمره—
2Arabicثمرةa fruit; piece of fruit; fruit tree; descendant;...
3Arabicمa prefix used to create nouns of place; a prefix...
4Proto-Semiticšamaʿ-—

Words derived from “semere”

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