Where does “simula” come from?

simula (Romanian) comes from French simuler, from Latin simulo, from Latin similis, from Proto-Italic semalis, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

simula (Romanian): to simulate

Definitions

  1. to simulate

Ancestry of “simula”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsimulerto simulate, feign, make like, emulate, pretend...
2LatinsimuloI make like, simulate, imitate, copy, represent;...
3Latinsimilissimilar
4Proto-Italicsemalissimiliar
5Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “simula”

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