Where does “semblance” come from?

semblance (Old French) comes 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 “semblance”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchsemblant—
2Old FrenchsemblerAlternative form of sambler; to be like; to seem
3Latinsimilārea fax machine
4Latinsimilarisuniform; similar; second-person singular present...
5Latinsimilissimilar
6Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “semblance”

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