Where does “similar” come from?

similar (Romanian) comes from French similaire, from Latin similaris, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

similar (Romanian): similar

Definitions

  1. similar

Ancestry of “similar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsimilairesimilar
2Latinsimilarisuniform; similar; second-person singular present...
3Latinsimilissimilar
4Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from Proto-Italic semalis →Every word from Latin similis →