Where does “seym” come from?

seym (Middle English) comes from Old French saïm, from Vulgar Latin *sagīmen, from Latin sagina, from Proto-Indo-European seh₂- — to satiate, satisfy.

seym (Middle English): fat, lard, grease

Definitions

  1. fat, lard, grease

Ancestry of “seym”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsaïm—
2Vulgar Latin*sagīmen—
3Latinsaginafeasting, nourishment; corpulence; second-person...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanseh₂-to satiate, satisfy

Words derived from “seym”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European seh₂- →Every word from Latin sagina →Every word from Vulgar Latin *sagīmen →