Where does “sembler” come from?

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

sembler (Middle French): to seem; to appear

Definitions

  1. to seem; to appear

Ancestry of “sembler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchsemblerAlternative form of sambler; to be like; to seem
2Latinsimilārea fax machine
3Latinsimilarisuniform; similar; second-person singular present...
4Latinsimilissimilar
5Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “sembler”

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